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Casino

Third person P.O.V.

At the city of tokyo we see a gigantic flashy building with neon lights and helicopters flying around the building.

Inside we see the building was in fact a casino, filled to the brim with hundreds of people gambling away their money and having a fun time.

But among these people were some in a black suits with black shades, giving a clear agent vibe which the others around them noticed, especially when the suits were knocking them back to get through.

"Geez, what's their problem-huh?" One of the guests, as he heard an audible whoosh from above.

"W-What is that?" One of the other guests, as the whoosh began to get more noticeable to them.

"I-Is someone there" "What could it be!" "I-Is it some kind of villain?" The guests murmured, as some of them began leaving the building while more suited people moved in.

"UP THERE!" One of them called out, as he pointed to the figure now standing on one of the large decorated lights catching the suit's attention.

It was a man that looked to be about 20 years old or even older with curly black hair and red coloured eyes, his outfit consists of a black ankle-length tailcoat, a high-necked waistcoat with gold accents, cinched black pants, brown-black winklepickers boots with taller heels and a pair of red gloves. Over his eyes is a white, birdlike domino mask with black designs around the eyes reminiscent of full eyeliner and sharp lashes, in his arms was a silver briefcase.

"There he is" "Quickly, we have to get him" The suits yelled, as they rushed after them.

"Heh, looks I got their attention" He said, with a smirk on his face before placing the briefcase down and jumping away.

"Alright, I hid the treasure! They shouldn't think to check here if I make enough noise, "he said, before landing on top of one of the structures.

Mona: Good, now get running

Crow: This is our only chance!

Oracle: Just stay calm and get out of there.

Queen: We can take care of the package, just focus on your escape

"Hehe, alright I'll trust you!" The man said, before running ahead, jumping from structure to structure.

Mona: I have to say though, showing yourself to the public was an excellent move, nice one Joker.

"Heh thank you kindly!" the now named Joker said, jumping on to the chandelier before dashing ahead

Panther: Yeah I don't think Skull would be able to pull off anything like this.

Fox: It's true, you don't really have a flare for the aesthetics

Skull: Nobody was talking about that Inari!.

"Alright alright that's enough! Kinda running for my life here" Joker sweatdropped, before blinking at the suits coming out of his escape route.

"There he is!" "Don't let him escape!".

"Uh Oracle, got any suggestions!" Joker asked, looking around for where he should go.

Oracle: There should be an escape route to your left above the elevator!

Joker nodded at that, as he began jumping from structure to structure towards the vip area above the elevator.

"Okay now where to- oh come on!" Joker said, as he saw more suits running towards him before their bodies began flinching, with their skin turning black in colour with a silver mask.

Oracle: Don't worry there just some Shadows, you know what to do Joker

As Oracle said that, another of these Shadows landed behind him making the young man smirk.

The shadow rushed towards him but Joker dashed past him before jumping onto his back.

"Now show me your true form!" He demanded, gripping the shadows mask before forcibly ripping it off, causing the shadows to explode.

"Oooh well aren't you a 'pretty' ol guy" Joker said, as he saw the shadow transforming into what looked like a minotaur but with a mechanical snake like lower half "How's it look Oracle?".

Oracle: Do you even have to ask? They're no match for you! Go Wild Joker!

"Gladly!" He yelled, pulling out a knife before dashing towards the monster.

The monster swung its tail at Joker who leapt over the attack before slashing at the monster several times before jumping back.

He followed this attack by pulling out his gun and shooting a bullet right through the monster head causing it to dissolve into dust.

He then stood up while smirking before blinking and moving out of the way from a slash from a humanoid cheetah like monster.

"Shit guess I forgot about those two" he said, looking at the two humanoid cheetah-like monsters which dashed towards him.

"Alright, your turn partner!" he said, jumping back while pulling off his mask "PERSONA!"

This caused an aura of blue flames to cover his body, which soon formed into the shape of a demon-like monster in what looked like a top hat with two large wings.

"ARSENE! MAEIHA!" He commanded, as the monster raised its hand before its red eyes flashed.

Two pools of crimson red energy formed underneath the monster much to their confusion before it suddenly burst it out.

This caused the two to scream out in pain as the red energy pierced their bodies before they exploded into a mass of a black ash.

"Phew, that was cool" Joker said, before the aura moved back to his face reforming the mask "Now to find that escape route".

Mona: Good, you took care of them swiftly.

Oracle: Joker! More is coming! There's an exit right above you!

"Right! Arsene!" he said, as the aura reappeared around his body but this time only the monster's wings formed around his back.

He then used these wings to fly up towards the higher floor before the guards could move in and attack him.

Landing on the ground, with the wings disappearing, Joker quickly dashed through the fire exit into the employee only area of the casino.

Oracle: Okay Joker, keep avoiding people. I'm looking for a new escape route for you now.

Skull: Dude can he even hear him.

Oracle: Hehe, don't worry I'm picking up everything, just focus on your escape.

As this conversation went on, Joker opened a nearby door only to quickly take cover as on a window opposite him was one of the guards.

"Damn it, where is he?" the suit said, before taking a call "Still haven't confirmed the intruders location, continuing on".

"It's like the whole building is looking for us, geez" Joker said, watching the suit run down the hall and was about to continue on.

Oracle: Wait Joker don't!

"Huh?" He blinked, before spotting another suit standing at the nearby door forcing him to hide in the shadows.

"Are you sure he came this way…alright, I'll continue my search" The suit asked, looking around.

Crow: They're on to you! You need to find an alternate route

Oracle: I know! I know! Just give me a minute.

As this was happening, Joker spotted a metal bridge up on the next floor and made him smirk "Actually I think I got an idea".

Summoning his Persona again, this time coming out of his hand, Joker shot a metal chain towards the pipe underneath, using it to pull himself up and towards the metal bridge.

Mona: Nice thinking Joker!

Noir: Quite the stylish escape route, as to be expected.

"Now gotta move!" he said, rushing in ahead towards the closest door only to blink and jump back at several bullets shooting towards him.

"Shit" he said, looking at the Shadows marching towards him.

Joker growled a bit, before turning around only to blink and move back as two more shadows appeared behind him.

Panther: O-Oh no you're surrounded! You can't fight that many Joker!

Skull: D-Damn it! Don't worry buddy! I'm coming.

Oracle: Wait you idiot! Joker, I'm detecting more people coming your way.

"More people?" Joker blinked, before looking at the entrance as two blurs rushed towards him.

"What the?!" Joker blinked, before crossing his arms but the blues didn't hit him and instead attacked the Shadows around him before landing behind him.

"Looks like now I'm the one protecting you Senpai" "Yeah, we've finally paid you back for everything you've done for us".

Joker smirked at the two voices before turning around to see who he was saved by.

The first was a girl that had red hair tied into a ponytail and red eyes, with a black mask with silver highlights and had a black ribbon tied to her ponytail. Her main outfit consists of a strapless black leotard with a sweetheart neckline, a chain belt with two silver rose motifs, and a scabbard for her rapier attached to it, a black choker and red gloves. Her black bolero jacket has gold buttons, ruffled flared sleeves and three floor-length coattails. She wears thigh-length hose and stiletto lace-up pumps that resemble ballet shoes on the top.

The other was a male teen with shaggy green hair and big eyes with pupils as green as his hair. He was wearing a dark green jumpsuit with white pads and black lines going through it, along with black elbow and knee pads, white arm gloves, big red boots and a silver gas mask hanging from the collar.

"Hehe! Surprised Senpa-ow!" The girl yelped, as Joker chopped both of his juniors heads.

"Ow! What was that for" The green haired teen asked, as Joker looked at them deadpanned.

"I dunno how about you guys following us into a super dangerous palace with no experience in this stuff, even though I specifically told you not to follow us" Joker stated, making the two sweatdrop.

"S-Sorry Senpai but we couldn't just sit around and do nothing when we knew you were going to risk your life" The red haired teen said, as the green haired turned his head.

"Wait a minute…did you know we were there?" he asked, making Joker look at them with a smug smirk.

"Well yeah, stealth isn't really what you guys are suited for" He said, crossing his arms "Why do you ask?".

"Well if you know we were here, why didn't you call us out! We could have helped you back there" The green haired teen questioned, as Joker looked away.

"Well…." Joker said, rubbing the nose on his mask before spotting the Shadows bodies twitching "Hold up guys, we're not done yet!"

The shadowy bodies transformed into various monsters, including a pair of humanoid cheetah-like monsters and a red bird-like monster.

"W-Wha?! H-How are they doing this" The Green haired teen said, surprised while the Red haired teen looked at him.

"Yeah, I was surprised the first time too" She said, before drawing her sword while looking over at Joker "Let us help you out Senpai".

"Heh, like I can convince you two not to" Joker said, before smirking and readying his knife "Alright, It's showtime!".

The red haired teen rushed in, slashing her sword several times at the Cheetah monster with swift and beautiful movements.

The monster blocked several of the attacks with its two swords but it was hit a few times by her sword.

"HAH!" The Green haired teen yelled, with a sparking aura around him as he jumped up and kicked the other Cheetah monster who blocked the attacks with his sword.

The Cheetah monster skidded back a bit, as the teens' attack sent energy into the sword before it swung the blades.

This sent an energy wave towards the Teen forcing him to dodge the attack.

Meanwhile Joker was dashing towards the bird monster as it floated above him.

THe monster sneered at Joker, before flapping its wings sending winds slashes towards the Phantom Thief.

Joker easily dodged these attacks before jumping into the air and grabbing the monster's legs, surprising the monster as it was dragged to the ground.

"Guys! Move them to one spot!" Joker yelled, as the other two looked up at him and nodded.

"Oh I see what you're doing! Sure thing!" The Green haired teen said, as he jumped before throwing several kicks at the monster.

"If you think it's a good idea, then sure thing Senpai" The red haired teen nodded, as she thrusted her rapier several times at the monster.

This caused the two monsters to crash into each other making Joker smirked "And now my turn".

Gripping the monster's bird's legs, Joker jumped into it before throwing the monster, sending it crashing towards the other two monsters.

"Leave these guys to us Senpai, you need to get out of here" The red haired teen said, as Joker nodded before turning around.

"Wait you need to be careful though, there are Pro Heroes here as well" The Green Haired teen warned him, as Joker looked back.

"Heroes huh? Didn't realise I was that popular" Joker said, with a smirk while pulling his glove "Don't worry though, I know how to deal with them.

Joker then dashed ahead as his two Kouhai dealt with the remaining monsters.

Oracle: Okay, I have no idea what that was about but just focus on escaping

As this was happening we see Joker making it to the camera room, where he saw tons of people working on the computers while others were checking the cameras

"He's not alone, make sure you capture all of them!" One of the people in the room stated, not noticing their target was sneaking right past them and towards the staircase.

Oracle: You're just a little bit- wait no!

"Huh, what's wrong- oh" Joker said, as he saw two pro heroes standing in front of him, with a large square shaped terrace behind them leading to a large window.

"Stop! You insidious Villain!" The first hero said dramatically, as he pointed at Joker.

This hero was called Kamui Woods who had a wood mask only showing his eyes. He was wearing a dark blue bodysuit that included a wooden belt, wooden knee pads, and wooden shoes. A small bundle of roses hangs from the left side of his belt and hanging on his shoulders were two wooden rings, which have stumps and branches protruding from them.

"Huh so that's one of the big bad Phantom Thieves, more scrawny than I expected" The other hero said in a casual tone as he leaned on the terrace.

He has feathery, ash blond hair that is swept messily backward, with some of the front tufts sticking up in arcs above his head. His eyebrows are notably thick and he has faint stubble on his chin as well as gold coloured eyes and on his back was a pair of red hero costume resembles an aviator's uniform; he wears a black shirt with a wavy golden pattern, over which he has a modified tan jacket with a high collar and slits over his shoulders to accommodate his wings; the insides and cuffs of the sleeves are lined with white fur, and black gloves. He has a red square-shaped lobe piercing in each ear.

Skull: Holy friggin shit! That's the number 7 Pro Hero, Kamui Woods, and number 2 Pro Hero! Hawks!

Panther: I knew some Heroes showed up as well, but from the top ten!

Queen: You have no choice, Joker! You'll have to fight them

"Or maybe not" Joker whispered, as he spotted some shadows coming from the door near them.

"Well what do you have to say for yourself villain" Kamui woods stated, as Joker raised his arms.

"D-Don't h-hurt me p-please!" Joker desperately pleaded much to the hero's surprise and confusion, before Joker quickly shifted to a malicious smirk.

"Did you seriously think I'd say that?" he said, before revealing a smoke bomb in his hand throwing it at the ground causing a huge explosion of smoke blinding them.

"W-What where did he go!" Kamui woods said, looking around but couldn't see anything due to the smoke.

Hawks raised his wings while closing his mind, with the wings vibrating a bit but he waited a few moments before he opened his eyes and pointed in a certain direction "He's over there!".

"We have you! Bark Spear!" Kamui Woods yelled, as he extended his two arms towards the direction Hawks were pointing, managing to pierce something.

"AAAAAAAHHHH PURE AGONY!"` The voice of Joker yelled, catching the hero's attention before the smoke dispersed what really happened "Not~".

Joker was currently on the shoulders of two shadows that were being pierced by Kamui Woods attack.

"You would use citizens as human shields! You truly are a monster!" Kamui woods yelled, as Joker rolled his eyes.

"Yeah not exactly" He said, before looking down at the Shadows "Hey you guys are pretty pissed at them right? Then how about you show your true form and god wild".

Gripping their masks Joker forcibly ripped them off while jumping into the air, allowing the Shadows

The first looked like a humanoid horse with a large hat and a cloak while the other looked like a woman with red skin and wild black hair, biting into Bamboo, with sharp blade-like nails and no legs, floating there like a ghost.

"WHAT IN THE WORLD?!" The two heroes yelled, looking at the monsters.

"Heroes, meet Kumbhanda and Rangda, they don't really like trespassers so probably would have been best not to piss them off" Joker said, as before turning towards the window "So have fun and adieu".

Joker watched as the two monsters rushed towards the Heroes, while Joker took the chance to crash through the window.

Oracle: What a showoff, you're so reckless you know that

"I'll take that as a compliment" he said, as he fell before landing onto the ground "Now to leave this place and-huh?!".

Suddenly several began shining at him as Joker saw a gigantic crowd of armed policemen, all aiming their guns and lights at him.

Oracle: Enemies here too?! Wait it can't be

Skull: What's wrong, what happened.

Queen: An ambush?! So those were the real Heroes!

Mona: Joker can you handle this!

Fox: Joker!

Noir: Oh no!

"After him!" The police yelled, as they all rushed towards the Phantom Thief who had a serious look on his face before he reached for his mask.

"Persona!" He yelled, ripping off his mask as it turned into blue flames, before changing into the shape of the gigantic demon.

"W-What in the world!" The police gawked, looking at the flaming silhouette of a Demon behind him before Joker raised his hand.

"Handle them!" he commanded, as the Demon just grinned before dashing towards the police and flapping its wings, causing a wind that pushed them back.

Joker then took this chance to escape as he tried reaching towards the scaffolding of the building nearby.

However when he tried climbing the ladder, he was met by a group of police who used the end of their gun to knock him towards the ground.

The demon noticed this and flew back to his partner to protect him from the fall, but this only allowed the rest of the police to rush him and force him to the ground.

"Suspect has been secured sir" One officer said, as we see a suited man walk up to Joker

"Wasn't expecting some kid" he said, before grabbing Joker by the hair and lifting him up "You have your teammate to thank for all of this".

"W-What!" Joker said, with widened eyes making the smirk "That's right~ You were sold out".

"Cuff him boys" The suited man said, before getting up and walking off as Joker's arms were handcuffed.

Interrogation room

Third person P.O.V.

Underground the head police station we see Joker now out of his suit but instead a school uniform, which consists of a red-buttoned black blazer with Shujin's emblem on the pocket, a white turtleneck shirt with chevron detailing on the collar and slim red pants with a plaid pattern.

Currently he was handcuffed on a chair while unconscious with an empty syringe next to him

"Wake 'em up." A voice commanded, as a bucket of water was then thrown after the voice commanded onto a boy that looked as if he was still in high school.

Darkness faded from his vision to reveal a bleak and intimidating interrogation room, a camera panned over him for a second before roaming back across the small room.

After his vision settled he attempted to move, but was chained back by handcuffs.

"Amamiya Ren, a not so normal Highschooler, currently staying in the city on Probation after a case of assault" the man said, as the now named Ren looked around the room in a daze.

"You still have no clue, do you? Just give it up already!" The voice said, kicking the boy off the chair, which broke into pieces and onto the floor.

"Gah, that woke me up" Ren groaned, before the man stepped his heel onto the boy's head "Come on, cooperate, or else we're gonna have to get more creative"

"Tru…st me…not a lot…you can do…that competes with what I've seen" Ren grinted, before the boy felt a drip of water spill from his still soaking hair.

The camera once again panned over to him and he stared intently at it.

"...What...? You think it can be used as some kind of evidence?" The man asked, also looking at the camera now, then pulling on the boy's hair.

"No, I'm just wondering what sick freak is getting off watching you beat the shit out of me, YOU HEAR THAT YOU SICK FU-ACK!" Ren yelled, and was slammed against the wall.

"Quite the mouth on this brat, not gonna lie, pretty satisfying to kick his face in!" The man yelled, kicking the boy in the throat.

Blood spurted out along with the air that was contained in the boy's lungs "S-So you were that sick fuck".

The man clicked his tongue and got back up, approaching his helper once more and grabbed a clipboard, reading it top to bottom before sighing and turning around. =

"Obstruction of justice, defamation, blackmail. And I'm only reading those first three." The man looked down just for a moment more.

"Even manslaughter too? I guess looks really can be deceiving... To think you were the leader of this group and their actions as well..." he said, looking at Ren as he swayed back and forth.

'Everythings all a blur…have…to stay awake…but…why do I have to' he said, his eyes feeling heavy.

"You should have known your place" he said, snapping his finger as the helper walked up and uncuffed him.

"Wait, wha?" Ren blinked, looking at the marks on his wrist before being met with a contract.

"I need you to sign this, it's a confession under your na-" the suited man said, but Ren pushed it away.

"I only need your hands to sign this contract, but it doesn't matter if you lose a leg!" he yelled, before stepping on Ren's heel causing him to grit his teeth in pain.

"Now sign the contract" he said, tossing it to Ren before looking at him closely "And don't you expect to come out of here in one piece, we'll make you understand that people like you aren't needed in this society".

"And bullshit assholes like you are why we did what we did" he muttered, before gripping the pen and signing the paper.

"Yet you still signed" The man in the suit smirked, taking the board before standing up but then the doors opened.

"Well looks like you've done a number on him" they heard, before looking over at who just entered the room.

"And who the hell are you?" The suited man asked, with a raised eyebrow at their new member.

It was a tall and beautiful woman with upper-back length, ashen-brown hair that is asymmetrically parted on her right side and brown eyes that are sometimes depicted with a hint of mauve red. She wears a black business suit with a black turtleneck. Her blazer's cuffs and the lower front have clamshell-like designs, and around her neck was a necklace, as well as hair clips on her hair and a pair of earrings. She has violet fingernails and wears dark grey pantyhose with black high heels and a black bag slung over her shoulder.

"I'm Prosecutor Sae Nijima, I've come to ask a few questions to the Suspect for my case" she stated, as the man smirked.

"No can do, we've already gotten him to sign a full confession" he said, handing her the board as she looked it over.

"This says 'eat my ass cows' and it's followed by a picture of a butt" Sae said, making the man's eyes widened while Ren just snickered.

"You mother fu-grr, fine! He's all yours but we'll be back" the suited man said, before walking off leaving Sae and Ren alone.

A few moments later we see the two sitting opposite of each other on the table, with Sae crossing her arms.

"Have to admit, I got lucky that you decided to do that and that you were captured by the Police at all, if it was the Heroes we wouldn't be talking right now" Sae said, as Ren just looked down with a tired look "He got what he deserved".

An awkward silence was shared between the two as Sae looked down "...I never expected it would have been you, Amamiya-kun…but for now you'll be answering my questions"

Her eyes widened with a gasp as she spotted the empty Syringe on the ground "Those bastards…to someone so young".

"Can you hear me? It seems they put you through a lot" Sae questioned, while Ren rubbed his head "Just barely"

"Listen, anything can happen here, to you at least, and no officials will care, that's why I need you to explain everything" Sae said, as Ren noted the slight desperation in her voice.

"What was your objective here? Why would you cause such a major incident!" she said, with a serious look before looking down "I suspected it wasn't a prank from the get go, but it was almost impossible to assemble a case for prosecution without a method".

"Of course… you couldn't find one…who would have believed all that" Ren said, swaying a bit.

"True, I was suspecting something along the lines of a brainwashing quirk or a truth telling quirk…but there would have been no way I could have been convinced about that 'world'...just by reading the reports" Sae said, before moving some hair away.

"At least you seem coherent so answer me this, where and when did you discover this 'other world' and those powers you were seen using" she questioned, as Ren looked down "How is it even possible to 'steal another's heart'?"

"Now tell me your account of everything, start from the very beginning" Sae said, as Ren held his head.

Closing his eyes for only a moment, when he opened them up she found that Sae's movements had slowed to a crawl.

'This is…' he thought, before noticing a glowing blue butterfly fly past him.

"You are being held captive, a true prisoner of fate." A feminine voice said to Ren, as he watched the Butterflies movements.

"This is truly an unjust game, while the chance of winning is nearly none. But if my voice is reaching you, then you have still got a chance to change your fate. I beg of you, please, save the world." The voice almost sounded familiar to Ren, but not completely the same.

"The truth lies in the memories in your bonds, the same truth that you and your friends grasped." she said, as Ren gripped his head "My…friends?"

"It all began that day, all those months ago. For your own future, and the world's, please try and remember!"

Ren watched the butterfly disappear before he closed his eyes remembering how all of this first started on that day.

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shinning on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partners Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero poster and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milday revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large stature of endeavor into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

Day 1

Train

Third person P.O.V.

'Please somebody help me!'

'Shut the hell up and get in the car'

'Hey! What are you doing!'

'You little bastard! I'll sue!'

"Ah!" Ren blinked, as he found himself in a train which was completely filled with people.

Looking around the train Ren found he was in Shibuya, reminding him of why he was here.

'That's right…this is my last chance…' he said, a frown on his face as he leaned back and rested his eyes.

BOOM!

"H-Hey! Look!" "It's one of the heroes!" "They gotta be a villain!" "Is that a new one!".

Ren blinked at that before looking up to see the Passengers looking out the window, following their gazes he found a giant hero fighting a giant villain in the middle of the city.

'Heroes huh…, guess I can forget that dream' he thought, before taking out his phone and blinking in confusion.

'When did I get this app?' he wondered, as he saw on his phone a red and black app with the picture of an eye on it.

He was about to press the app to delete it but it suddenly grew bigger before his phone flashed.

"What the" he said, covering his eyes before shaking his head.

"What was that about…wait a minute" Ren questioned, as he noticed the train had stopped moving 'A-Are we there?'

Standing up only made Ren more confused as he saw that the passengers around him were frozen in place.

"Okay, this is weird…huh?"

Looking out the window confused Ren even more as he saw replacing the heroes battling was a gigantic blue flame.

"If the path of a Hero is unreachable to you" A voice said in his head, as he saw the flame taking the form of some winged demon.

"Then perhaps there is another form of Justice more fitting for you" For a moment Ren saw the flame disperse, revealing a copy of himself but with gold eyes and a malicious grin.

WE HAVE ARRIVED AT SHIBUYA STATION, THIS IS THE FINAL STOP SO PLEASE DEPART IF YOU WISH TO TRANSFER.

"Huh?" Ren blinked, as he found that things were back to normal before he shook his head.

"What was that about?" he said, checking the app on his phone before he swiftly deleted it and went on with his business.

'Alright…just have to get to Cafe…Leblanc? And that's in…where's Yongen-jaya" Ren questioned, as he left the train.

Yongen-Jaya

Cafe Leblanc

Third person P.O.V.

"So…this is the place" Ren said, as he looked up to see a small cafe in the back streets of the city.

This place was called Cafe Leblanc, a small cafe hidden in the alleyways that specialises in Coffee and Curry, which is now Ren's new place of residence.

Opening the door Ren was met with the small retro cafe, with only two people on the tables and a man on the counter reading a crossword puzzle.

Behind him stood a large collection of coffee beans of different varieties and coming from the kitchen was the distinct scent of curry.

"This just in, another traffic accident has occurred outside of Shibuya, luckily Heroes managed to arrive at the scene and rescued the passengers who came out with only a few injuries, the police have reported they are currently interrogating the Bus Driver for the truth"

"How frightening" An elderly man said, while looking at the tv while his wife looked down "Thank goodness the heroes arrived just in time".

"What could be going on? Didn't something similar to this happen just the other day" The old lady questioned.

"Hmm, vertical is…a type of shellfish used for Pearl Farming…ugh, what could it be?" he heard, trying to figure it out as Ren walked up.

"Uh try Mussels, I'm pretty sure that's it" Ren said, making the man blink before looking up and sighing.

"Ah, that's right they did say it was today" he sighed, putting his crossword puzzle down "You're quite late kid".

"We'll be going now" the elderly man said, as he and his wife got up "Money already on the table".

"Ah yes, thank you very much" the man said, as he watched the couple walk off.

"6 hours only for two cups of coffee" he said, before looking over at Ren "So, what took you so long".

"Sorry, couldn't really wrap my head around the train schedule and lines" Ren apologised, rubbing his head before crossing his arms "So you're Soujiro Sakura right?"

Sojiro is a middle-aged man. He has slicked-back dark hair with a receding hairline, grey eyes, a chinstrap beard with a goatee that flares out and wears glasses. His outfit consists of a pale pink dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up, pale khakis held up with a white leather belt and white loafers. He also has a black apron with a white pinstripe design on it and has his pants legs folded up to mid calf.

"That's right, and you better not forget it" he said, rubbing his head "I was wondering what kind of unruly kid your dad had sent, you are Amamiya…"

"Ren…Amamiya Ren" he said, before gulping "Hey, so I saw a hero attack going on in the city and the news said something about 'another' accident, is something going on?"

"Heroes?" Soujiro said, before sighing "You really are just like your father, but it's out of my business, just follow me".

"I'm not like my dad" Ren grumbled under his breath, as he followed Soujiro upstairs.

There they were in the attic which…was an utter mess, Dust coated almost everything and old appliances were left to rust. A box stood in the middle of the room, in which he assumed it to be the one his grandparents packed for him.

"This is going to be your new room." Soujiro said, looking around before sweat dropping "I will at least give you sheets, alright? ... You look like you want to say something."

"Well it's certainly…stuffed? Cluttered? Whatever word is best to describe this won't make you kick me out" Ren said, making Sojiro snicker for a moment before shaking his head.

"It's up to you to clean this up. I'll be leaving after locking up each day so don't try anything fishy. I will throw you out if you even try anything." He said with a stern face, making Ren sweatdrop.

"Yup I totally needed that right now" Ren said, looking around the place.

" I got the gist of your situation. You got up between a drunken man and a scared woman, he got injured by some means, and then he sued you. Correct? That's what you get for getting in the way between two adults…" he said, watching Ren already cleaning up.

"..." Ren frowned, thinking back to that day.

"And now that you've got a criminal record, the hero academy you were going to go to didn't want to take you and the only one that did take you with a hero training program didn't have a dormitory or anything so your father shipped you off here and into my custody. In other words, they got rid of you for being such a pain." Sojiro mentioned smirking at the end before spotting the look in Ren's eyes and frowned.

"Okay, maybe it's best you don't talk about anything other than what you have to. I am only in the restaurant business you know. So behave yourself, if nothing happens then your 'probation' will be lifted.

"Right, right…I've heard the whole song and dance already…" Ren said, making Sojiro sigh as he took out his cigarette.

"Just finish up cleaning and go to bed early, it's your first day at Shujin tomorrow so better make a good first impression" he said, walking down stairs.

Ren continued working on cleaning up the room, and as he did memories of what happened that day coursed through his mind.

It was near the end of the summer at night, Ren was walking back home but had ended up lost due to the darkness.

On his way back he heard some commotion from nearby, so he had went to go and check it out

"Tch- What a waste of my time." The man said holding onto the woman. "You think you're worth this much trouble?"

"I'll call the police!" The woman retorted as she tried to slither away.

"Heh, call them if you'd want. The police take orders from me, they belong to me! They'd never take you seriously! And there ain't going to be any heroes coming to save you in this shithole of a town" the man said, as the woman tried to get away

"S-Stop!" She screamed, before the sound of sirens filled the area.

"Someone called the cops, huh?" The man muttered "Get in the car! People like you should just follow whatever I say!"

"H-Hey! What are you doing!" Ren yelled out, as the man turned back and towards Ren

"What're you lookin' at? Get out of here, brat! This ain't some kinda act! Get lost!"

Back in the present, we see Ren finishing up cleaning his room before he went up to the bed

"I couldn't just do nothing…it was the right thing to do…wasn't it?" he said, flopping down onto his bed. "Could I have been wrong…"

He then looked over at a poster of the number 1 hero, All Might he put up with a frown on his face '...is that not what Justice…is meant to be…'

He then felt a vibration coming from his pocket and took it out, only for his eyes to widen at what he saw.

"Wait what? I thought I deleted that" he said, seeing the app from before now on his phone once again.

He then pressed the app but instead it started growing bigger and bigger "I-Is my phone bugged or something…"

"What a creepy design…" he said, staring at the app as his eyes started getting heavier.

"It looks…just like…an eye…?" he mumbled, before he drifted off to sleep.

?

Third person P.O.V.

"H-Huh…" Ren blinked, now finding himself in a small blue coloured room "Where…am I".

Moving up he noticed that he was now in the traditional looking prisoner uniform, with a pair of cuffs around his arms and another on his leg connected to a large metal ball by chains.

"A prison…is this some kind of dream…" he said, getting up and moving towards the barred door which he barely was able to get to considering the ball.

Looking down he spotted a pair of twins walking up to him with serious looks on their faces.

They appear to be young girls with platinum blonde hair and yellow eyes. The twins both wear a black eye patch with the letter "V" over one of their eyes and a blue prison guard outfit. The one on the left has a long braid and a hat with the letters "O-Y-O-O", carries a clipboard while the one on the right has hair buns and a hat with the letters "X-M-R-N." and was using a Baton. They wear some brassards on their left arms and have matching black ties.

"So you've finally woken up the inmate!" The one with hair buns stated, with an annoyed voice.

"You are in the presence of our master, so stand up straight," the one with a long braid said, with a calm voice.

'T-This can't be real,' he thought, before looking up at someone sitting on a desk behind the two girls.

"Welcome" Sitting on the desk was a bizarre old man with a long nose, pointed ears and bulging, bloodshot eyes. He wears a black suit, white gloves, white or black socks and black shoes. He appears to be quite tall when fully stood up and is almost skeletally thin.

"I am Igor and this is my Velvet Room" he said, a creepy grin and a deep voice "I am delighted to make your acquaintance".

"The… Velvet… Room?" Ren mumbled, while looking around the place with a raised eyebrow.

"This place exists between dreams and reality, it is a room that only those who are bound by a 'Contract' may enter" he explained, as Ren looked down.

'When did I become bound by a contract?' he questioned, before looking back up.

"I have summoned you to speak about important matters that involve your life as well" Igor said, making Ren's eyes widen "My…life?".

"Still this is a surprise, Amamiya Ren, this room reflects the state of the guests heart, to think a prison would appear as such" he said, looking around the prison like space "You truly are a prisoner of fate".

"A Prisoner of Fate? What are you talking about! What is this place! When did I sign a contract! Who are- agh!" Ren said, jumping back as the guard with hair buns banged the prison door near him.

"QUIET INMATE! Our master is still talking" she said, with a glare making Ren sweatdrop.

"Thank you Caroline, but his questions are valid ones that will be answered in another time" he said, before looking back at Ren.

"In the near future, there is no mistake that Ruin is awaiting you and this whole world, that no Hero or Villain will be able to prevent," Igor explained, making Ren raise an eyebrow.

"A coming…ruin? What is he talking about?" Ren questioned, looking down.

"You must be rehabilitated towards freedom, that is your only means to avoid ruin…do you have the resolve to challenge the distortion of this world?" he questioned, as Ren gripped the bars of the prison door.

"Wait! I don't have a single idea what you're talking about!" Ren yelled, shaking the prison door.

"Hmm it seems it's time, Justine sent him back to reality" Igor stated, as the girl bowed.

"Yes my master" She bowed, before waking up in front of Ren as her eyes flashed.

"Enjoy your fleeting moments of relief" she stated, as Ren stumbled.

"N-No… wait…answer…me…" Ren said, before falling back down towards his bed and drifting off to sleep.

Chapter Text

?

Third person P.O.V.

"H-Huh…" Ren blinked, now finding himself in a small blue coloured room "Where…am I".

Moving up he noticed that he was now in the traditional looking prisoner uniform, with a pair of cuffs around his arms and another on his leg connected to a large metal ball by chains.

"A prison…is this some kind of dream…" he said, getting up and moving towards the barred door which he barely was able to get to considering the ball.

Looking down he spotted a pair of twins walking up to him with serious looks on their faces.

They appear to be young girls with platinum blonde hair and yellow eyes. The twins both wear a black eye patch with the letter "V" over one of their eyes and a blue prison guard outfit. The one on the left has a long braid and a hat with the letters "O-Y-O-O", carries a clipboard while the one on the right has hair buns and a hat with the letters "X-M-R-N." and was using a Baton. They wear some brassards on their left arms and have matching black ties.

"So you've finally woken up the inmate!" The one with hair buns stated, with an annoyed voice.

"You are in the presence of our master, so stand up straight," the one with a long braid said, with a calm voice.

'T-This can't be real,' he thought, before looking up at someone sitting on a desk behind the two girls.

"Welcome" Sitting on the desk was a bizarre old man with a long nose, pointed ears and bulging, bloodshot eyes. He wears a black suit, white gloves, white or black socks and black shoes. He appears to be quite tall when fully stood up and is almost skeletally thin.

"I am Igor and this is my Velvet Room" he said, a creepy grin and a deep voice "I am delighted to make your acquaintance".

"The… Velvet… Room?" Ren mumbled, while looking around the place with a raised eyebrow.

"This place exists between dreams and reality, it is a room that only those who are bound by a 'Contract' may enter" he explained, as Ren looked down.

'When did I become bound by a contract?' he questioned, before looking back up.

"I have summoned you to speak about important matters that involve your life as well" Igor said, making Ren's eyes widen "My…life?".

"Still this is a surprise, Amamiya Ren, this room reflects the state of the guests heart, to think a prison would appear as such" he said, looking around the prison like space "You truly are a prisoner of fate".

"A Prisoner of Fate? What are you talking about! What is this place! When did I sign a contract! Who are- agh!" Ren said, jumping back as the guard with hair buns banged the prison door near him.

"QUIET INMATE! Our master is still talking" she said, with a glare making Ren sweatdrop.

"Thank you Caroline, but his questions are valid ones that will be answered in another time" he said, before looking back at Ren.

"In the near future, there is no mistake that Ruin is awaiting you and this whole world, that no Hero or Villain will be able to prevent," Igor explained, making Ren raise an eyebrow.

"A coming…ruin? What is he talking about?" Ren questioned, looking down.

"You must be rehabilitated towards freedom, that is your only means to avoid ruin…do you have the resolve to challenge the distortion of this world?" he questioned, as Ren gripped the bars of the prison door.

"Wait! I don't have a single idea what you're talking about!" Ren yelled, shaking the prison door.

"Hmm it seems it's time, Justine sent him back to reality" Igor stated, as the girl bowed.

"Yes my master" She bowed, before waking up in front of Ren as her eyes flashed.

"Enjoy your fleeting moments of relief" she stated, as Ren stumbled.

"N-No… wait…answer…me…" Ren said, before falling back down towards his bed and drifting off to sleep.

Subway

Third person P.O.V.

People were waiting at the platform to catch their morning ride. However, when the train approached it didn't stop as it just surged forward, startling the people there.

Inside the train, many people were holding onto the bars and steps of the wagons, scared out of their lives as the train just kept going faster and faster. One of the passengers started to bang the door with their fists at the engineer's cabin demanding why he wasn't stopping.

Unknown to them, the engineer seemed to be rather off… He was only pushing the controls forward while maintaining a very distorted face expression with the eyes rolled over the head and blood coming from its mouth.

The train kept accelerating before it forcefully derailed, crashing into the next station.

The scene then moves back as we see that this moment was being shown on the news watched by two people in a room.

One of them was Sae Nijima, and the other was a man of mature age with balding white hair, wearing thin framed glasses and a blue business suit. This was the SIU Director, Sae's boss.

"These are the images from the accident, thanks to the Heroes quick efforts no lives were lost during the accident. Reports to the police say that the engineer's life was not in danger despite his injuries. After questioning even he couldn't explain his high speed when approaching the station. No further comments were made. Police and Heroes are still looking for a plausible motive but the possibility of a Villain attack is on the table."

"That's less of an operating accident and more of a crime of the company and the government." Said the oldman, as he cupped both of his hands on his chin. "Side inspectors reported this months ago, a deterioration of the tracks and the ATC. Seems the railway company and the ministry of transport are turning a blind eye to the truth. There's no way they can hide, this will go all the way to the top."

"With this derailment incident, more people of the public are becoming more agitated, with some of them asking why are heroes unable to stop most of the situations. The distrust between the public and the hero society as well as other organisations working for the welfare of the country keep increasing."

"Everything is linked. Is what you're thinking correct?" The Director asked Sae who was still looking at the news.

Seeing this the director closed his eyes as he let a small smile escape. "Oh,well. Are you free? You and I haven't gone for a drink in a while."

"Thank you sir, but I have another meeting to attend." Sar apologised, before leaving the room as the Director leaned back and sighed.

"Well it seems you're busy" Sae heard, as she walked down the stairs before spotting the person she was meeting. "Akechi".

This Akechi has shaggy, neck length brown hair with bangs and reddish-brown eyes. He was wearing a light grey blazer with dark turquoise trimmings over a white dress shirt and dress pants, along with a red tie, black gloves and black shoes.

"Good you're here, I need your opinion on some of my theories for the mental shutdown case…" Sae requested, making Akechi smirk.

"Maybe we could do it over dinner, you are making a student work late after all" Akechi suggested, as Sae glared at him.

"In your dreams" Sae said, leaving the room while Akechi pouted disappointingly.

Day 2

Leblanc

Third person P.O.V.

In the attic of Leblanc, we see Ren getting dressed into his new uniform as he thinks back to his dream.

'That dream last night…it felt so real' he thought, as he remembered Igor while rubbing his wrists 'I can even still feel the chains on my wrists'.

Walking down the stairs, Ren was met with Sojiro already on the counter reading the paper before spotting Ren "Oh you're up, you still got the mind to go to school at least".

"Ah yeah good morning" he said, about to leave but Sojiro placed a plate on the table.

"Hold up, I got you breakfast right here. Just make sure to finish it before the customers start coming in" he said, but Ren shook his head.

"Ah uh no I don't-" "Just eat it or it'll just go to waste"

"Well alright I guess" he said, sitting down on the table only to see his breakfast was a plate of curry which made the young man sweat drop before he shrugged and took a bite. "Oh it's actually pretty good".

"I got a shop to tend to so I can't drive you to school, you know how to get to your school from here?" he asked, as Ren ate his breakfast.

"Not really, but I can use my phone to search up the way" he said, making Sojiro blink "Wait then why didn't you use your phone to find your way here".

"Oh it was uh" he said, looking down at the curry thinking how to explain the thing with the app "Acting buggy on the way here, so I thought it might have been best not to use it, looks like it's working now though".

"Ah fair enough, still to think there's a Hero School that would bother taking you in after you got expelled from your last one like that" Sojiro said, making Ren frown.

"Anyway they're probably gonna treat you like some kind of nuisance there, if something happens there, it's gonna affect me to…damn, what a troublesome brat I've taken in".

"Then why did you take me in?" Ren said, catching Sojiro's attention "If it's such a problem for you, why even bother?".

"Heh, I owe your father a favour I guess" he said, leaning back "The two of us were classmates back in college, been awhile since I've seen him though, and you as well".

"We've met before?" Ren questioned, as Sojiro blinked "Ah right, you would have been just a little brat back then but I'm surprised he didn't tell you".

"I have barely seen him since I was 10, I doubt he even cared much" Ren scoffed, while finishing up the curry.

"In other news, again a subway has been derailed at Shibuya station greatly affecting the time table all across the city's rapid time table"

"You should be careful about those recent accidents, I know there are many heroes but they can't be everywhere at once" Sojiro said, looking at the TV "Pretty sure there was an incident with a girl not that long ago".

'Good thing I'm not taking that one' Ren thought, before standing up "Thanks for the food, I'll clean up the dish and go".

"Hmm? Nah it's fine I got this, just go to school" Sojiro said, waving him off as Ren grabbed his bag.

"Thanks for the food, it was pretty good" Ren waved, as he left the cafe making Sojiro sigh.

"Well at least he has some manners…" Sojiro said, rubbing his head before realising something. "Wait, wasn't it meant to rain later today? Hopefully he brought an umbrella, I don't want to have to deal with a sick guy".

Train
Third person P.O.V.

"Hah, managed to get a seat" Ren said, as he sat and was met by several people also in the train, some of which in School Uniforms similar to his own and others in school uniforms completely different.

However the train was taking a while, enough for Ren to start to get bored as he rode it.

'I should have brought one of those books from the room with me, maybe I should look up some good places to get them in the city after school…' he thought, checking his phone.

"Hey, are you okay Midoriya?"

Ren blinked before looking up to see two students in different uniforms talking to each other.

"Don't tell me Bakugou has been giving you trouble even in your new school" The first one looked to be wearing the female version of his school uniform, with red hair tied up into a ponytail by a red ribbon and red eyes.

"N-No it's fine Yoshizawa-chan, it's just a lot more tiring than usual in U.A." The other student had green curly hair and green eyes. He was wearing a light grey blazer with dark turquoise trimmings over a white dress shirt and dress pants, along with a red tie that wasn't done right so it was a lot shorter.

'U.A. huh… he looks pretty tired…' Ren thought, before standing up and moving aside "He can have my seat".

"H-Huh" The two blinked, as they looked up at Ren who smiled.

"You from U.A. right? You're looking pretty tired, you can have my seat" Ren explained, as the boy shook his head.

"N-No! I-I couldn't possibly t-take that seat" Midoriya said, but Ren rolled his eyes leaning against one of the people

"Just do it, you need to rest whenever you can, especially if you're training to be a he- oh…" Ren said, as Business man had already taken the seat.

The three sweatdropped at that, especially as the man was clearly pretending to sleep to avoid them asking him to move.

"Well that kinda ruined the moment" Ren said, awkwardly while rubbing his head.

"S-Sorry I shouldn't have hesitated like that" Midoriya apologised, as Ren rubbed his head.

"Nah it's fine, besides my stop is close anyway" Ren said, before walking off to the train's door.

As he did, Yoshizawa was watching him with an interested look in her eyes.

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

Shujin Academy

Third person P.O.V.

'So this is the place…' Ren thought, as he looked up at the large school building he was attending from now on.

'This place looks pretty high class, why would somewhere like this want someone with my record…' he frowned, while looking down

As he walked he noticed that several of the students had bandages and bad injuries all over their bodies making him raise an eyebrow before shrugging as he checked his phone.

"Ah crap I'm almost out of time" Ren blinked, running ahead only to blink as he saw a student and a teacher

"So you actually came into school today Sakamoto… just barely, what took you?" The teacher has long black unkempt hair and thick eyebrows. His jawline is broad and square. He wears a white T-shirt and black track pants with double white stripes. Around his neck he wears what appears to be a red timer and a whistle. He was also a lot taller than most of the other students and teachers, almost 7 feet tall.

"Tch it's none of your business Jackass" The student had short spiky blonde hair with small eyebrows. He was wearing his winter school uniform a bit modified. It consists of the standard black blazer, unbuttoned to reveal a yellow t-shirt with a comic style star symbol and the word 'ZOMG!' He has plaid trousers rolled up to reveal his ankles. His pants have black suspenders that hang down instead of being worn on his shoulders. He has a white belt. His white sneakers have a rising sun flag motif.

"Listen you delinquent" The teacher said, suddenly grabbing the students arm catching Ren's attention.

"You should be grateful that you were even allowed to stay in this school, especially after what you did! So you better show me some respect, "the teacher said.

"You…" The student growled, as he gripped his wrist but Ren quickly rushed in.

"It's my fault, he was helping me!" Ren said, quickly catching the two's attention as they looked at him.

"Wha- who?" The student blinked, while the teacher raised an eyebrow.

"You…you're that new transfer student on Probation aren't you? In Miss Kawakami's class right" The teacher said, as Ren nodded.

"T-That's right, I'm still pretty new to the city and with my already bad sense of direction I got pretty lost, luckily this guy right here helped me out and showed me the way to the school" Ren said, before winking at the student who understood.

"U-Uh yeah yeah, it was kind of a hassle to not lose him on the way with all the people swarming around you know" The student said, as the teacher raised an eyebrow before sighing.

"Hah, well alright just make sure not to be late again, alright? you don't want rumours about you getting any worse" Kamoshida said.

"Rumours?" Ren blinked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, rumours are just rumours so don't let them bother you, you're signed up for my Hero Class right? Just make sure to come in on time and don't make any trouble" He said, before walking back into the school.

"Tch,Kamoshida you fucking asshole" The student said, before looking over at Ren "But anyway thanks, you totally saved my butt back there".

"It was nothing, I just felt like helping out" He said, before blinking "Ah crap, I gotta go to the Principal office" Ren said, as the student patted his back.

"I'll show you the way, trust me I know it better than anyone, names Ryuji Sakamoto by the way" Ryuji said, as Ren nodded.

"Ah uh, Amamiya Ren…nice to meet you" he said, as the two walked into the school.

Principal Office

Third person P.O.V.

"So you're the new student" The Principal said, as Ren couldn't help but look away a bit awkwardly. "You might have done a variety of things while hiding in your hometown, but you will behave yourself here."

The Principal was an overweight and bald middle-aged man. He wears a beige suit, white undershirt and red bow tie. Ren wasn't sure whether it was because of his Quirk or not and he didn't really care much.

'Does he think I was some kind of punk or something back home' Ren thought, with an exhausted expression.

"You will be expelled if you cause any sort of issue, honestly I hesitated on accepting someone like you…but there were some circumstances on our side" He stated, with a stern look in his face "Keep in mind, if you are thrown out of this school there will be no place for you to go".

Ren stayed silent at that as he looked at the ground, hearing this song and dance multiple times already.

"Now this is the teacher of your class" He then looked to his left at the teacher next to him, a youthful-looking woman of medium height and a slender build. She has dark brown unkempt hair, dark brown eyes and has a somewhat long and sleepy face. She was wearing a yellow long sleeved shirt striped with white and red horizontal lines and a blue denim skirt as well as white kitten heel pumps.

"I'm Sadayo Kawakami, here's your student ID and rule book" she said, handing him the ID and book, as well as what looked like a pink folded up flyer with what looked like a maid on it.

"Is…Is this a-" "IT'S NOTHING! N-Nothing at all!" she said, quickly snatching the flyer back making Ren and principal sweatdrop.

"A-Anyway, be sure to read the school rules. Any violation will send you straight to the guidance office, and if by any chance you cause any problems I won't be able to protect you" she said, before looking over at the Principal "That was our promise right, Principal Kobayakawa?".

'More like not bothered to protect me' Ren thought, with a sweatdropped as the Principal nodded.

"Mmhmm, he is responsible for all of his actions" he said, as the teacher sighed.

"But seriously, why did it have to be me? There should have been better candidates" Kawakami said, as the Principal shrugged "It was a sudden transfer, and your class was the only one that had an opening".

'I'm standing right here, jerks,' he thought, while rolling his eyes before Kawakami sighed.

"Hah, fine just follow me and I'll take you to your classroom" Kawakami sighed, as Ren nodded following his teacher as they left the room.

As they walked down the hallway Kawakami looked back at him "By the way, you were with Sakamoto when you got to the office?".

"Uh yeah, why do you ask?" Ren asked, as Kawakami sighed while rubbing her temples "What a coincidence, look it's better to stay away from him alright".

"Why? He seemed pretty alright to me, even helped me out getting here" Ren said, as Kawakami shook her head "He's nothing but a troublemaker, trust me it's better for your sentence if you stay away…what's worse is, he wasn't that bad last year".

Ren raised an eyebrow at that catching her attention before shaking her head "N-Nevermind, this is the place"

Ren blinked before looking over to see the classroom he was being assigned to for the rest of the year.

"Look just do me a favour and try not to make your introduction to flash them to make them like you" she said, making Ren blink in surprise.

"How did you know I was going to do that?!" He asked, with genuine surprise as she sighed and shook her head.

"Never mind, let's just go in" she said, before opening the door

"Okay everyone settle down" The teacher said, as the students in the class started moving to their seats "Today I'd like to introduce you all to a new transfer student that will be joining our class from here on it".

"H-Hey there, my name is…Amamiya Ren…I know there are some rumours already about me here but still…please take care of me from here on" Ren said, trying to be as polite as possible.

As soon as Ren gave his introduction, he could already hear some murmurs going around the room between the students. Already knowing that was something that's bound to happen, it didn't really surprise him.

"T-The that's the rumoured Transfer student right?" One male student said to another who's quirk gave him rocky hair who nodded "Y-Yeah, I heard he was pretty dangerous".

"Is it really true he's got a criminal record? He looks pretty normal" A girl with green hair said to her friend who had one eyes "I heard he was expelled from his last school".

"He seems pretty scary," A student who's Quirk made him look like a puppet said.

"Yeah, probably best not to mess with him," Another who looked like a large beast said.

'Quite a lot of Quirks huh? Never seen this many different ones before' he thought, looking around the room at the different students and their Quirks.

"Okay okay, settle down" Miss Kawakami said, shaking her head "Your seat will be um…behind Takamaki-san, next to the window".

Ren nodded, as he made his way over to the next while examining his seat neighbours, only to spot something that caught his eyes.

It was a beautiful girl that looks to be at least ¼ american, she has wavy platinum blonde hair that is styled in bushy pigtails with parted side bangs on the right side of her face where she accessories with a single yellow hair clip above her left ear as well as small circular earrings on both ears and bright blue eyes. She was wearing the standard uniform that was modified with a black blazer over a white varsity-like hooded sweatshirt, worn long to cover most of her short plaid skirt. Her sweatshirt has a red stripe between two blue stripes at the bottom, an S symbol near the front bottom on one side and a green four-leaf-clover symbol on the back of the hood. She wears red tights and brown boots with yellow laces. Her hairpin is red instead of yellow, and she wears a gold necklace with a clover pendant.

'I think I saw her in a magazine back at Leblanc…' Ren thought, as the girl looked at him.

"You want something?" She asked, with a bored look while Ren just shook his head.

"Nothin' you just looked familiar," Ren said, before sitting down as the students started murmuring.

"Do those two know each other? Did he hit on her before transferring?" "That means she's two timing Mr Kamoshida!" "Well this is Ann Takamaki we're talking about" "Shh they might hear you".

"Great now looked what you did" The now named Ann scoffed, as Ren rubbed his head "S-Sorry about that"

"Alright everyone, now open your books from where we left, '' Miss Kawakami said, as she began writing on the board.

As the class went on, Ren went to check his phone only to blink as he saw the Red Eye app making him back to his dream from last night.

'Could this have something to do with my dream?' he thought, before putting his phone away and looking out the window.

'The Velvet room…just who is Igor…and what did he mean by coming ruin?' he thought, before shaking his head and going back to listening to the class.

Lunch time

Third person P.O.V.

"Phew okay" Ren sighed, as he took deep breath "Finally the lunch break, now for the hardest part of the day".

His gaze then peered at the other students in the classroom who were eating their lunch, getting up to leave or talking with their friends.

"...Making new friends…" Ren said, with slightly glaring eyes that scared the classmates that saw it.

"I-I can do this…I can totally do this…I mean yeah sure…t-this is a new school…in the biggest city in the country…and you were never good at making new friends back home…b-but t-this is a chance to g-get better at it…y-yeah!" Ren murmured, below his breath something which his classmates noticed.

"H-Hey, t-the new kids murmuring…think it's something bad?" "I-I don't know but it's getting creepy" "Think we should go?" "Y-Yeah"

"Ah!" Ren gasped, as he saw them walking off before he could talk to them.

"Noooooooo…" Ren groaned, laying his face on his desk.

Ann sweatdropped while looking at him before looking away "He's…kind of an idiot…".

"Hey Ann…" she heard, before looking over at smiling when she saw her closest friend, Shiho Suzui, walking up to her.

Shiho has brown eyes and black hair tied in a ponytail, held in place with a pink elastic band. Her bangs are parted to her left. She also wears two grey hairpins. Shiho wears her uniform without the black jacket nor the suspenders. She keeps the beige turtleneck sweater rolled up to her elbows, and wears the standard uniform skirt. Underneath her skirt, she has black athletic shorts, and beneath her shirt, she wears elbow braces. She also has a black knee brace on her right leg. She wears white running shoes with red designs and white ankle socks. Around her body were notable bandages and plasters.

"Oh hey Shiho" Ann said, perking up while Shiho only had a small smile on her face.

"Are you ready for lunch?" Ann asked, as Shiho nodded with a small smile "Yeah…looking forward to it".

As the two walked off we see Ren looking at them before sighing and getting up himself "Guess I might as well get my own lun- crapbaskets…didn't make a bento…".

"Hopefully there's a cafeteria or something here…that's normal for a Tokyo school right?" he said, leaving the classroom making the other students in there sigh with relief.

Walking down the hallway of the school, Ren could hear the students murmuring and talking about him most likely from the rumours that were already a part of the school.

'Geez this is going to be happening all year' Ren groaned, as he looked around to see if there was anywhere to get any food.

"I knew it, you really do go to this school" A female voice said, making Ren blink before looking back to see the girl he had met on the train.

"Uuuuuuuuuhhhh, whoooo….are youuuu?" He asked, trying to remember who she was making the girl giggle.

"We met on the train. You helped my friend Midoriya remember?" she explained, making Ren blink.

"Ah that's right! The kid from U.A., you're Yoshitana right?" Ren asked, making her giggle again "Yoshizawa, but Sumi's just fine".

"Well alright, Sumi" he said, rubbing his head as Sumi spotted the badge on his blazar which had the number 2 on it.

"Oh I didn't realise you were my Senpai, sorry" she said, as Ren shook his head.

"Nah it's fine, I literally just got in this school today" he explained, before feeling his stomach grumble "Oh sorry, forgot to pack a lunch so I was looking for the Cafeteria".

"Huh? We don't have one here" she said, surprising Ren "We have a school store but I doubt you'd get anything at this time".

"Ah you've gotta be kidding me" He groaned, dropping his head down "I have Hero practice today too".

"Oh if you want Senpai, you could have some of my lunch" Sumi suggested, making Ren perk his head up "Really? Are you sure".

"Yup! I'm in the Gymnastics team so my lunch is pretty big! More than enough to let you have some!" she smiled, as Ren looked at her like some kind of angel had floated down from heaven.

"Thank you so much! I owe you one!" he said, as she shook her head "No it's fine, consider it thanks for offering your seat to Midoriya".

As the two walked off we see Ryuji walking out of his classroom while stretching "Wonder if I should invite that guy to lunch-huh?"

Ryuji blinked at seeing Ren and Sumi talking to each other making Ryuji blink in surprise "That dude…is the man!".

Courtyard

Third person P.O.V.

"H-Holy crap" Ren sweatdropped, as he saw the gigantic bento box that Sumi had brought with her, being at least 2-3 times the size of a normal Bento box, filled with a variety of different foods.

"Hehe, surprised" She smiled, as Ren nodded, still shocked at the size of her lunch "Yeah, I take my training as a Gymnast really seriously! So I need to make sure my diet is perfect for it".

"Ah speaking of which" she said, grabbing two of the rice balls she had in their before handing it to Ren "Here you go, hope you like Kimchi".

"Oh thanks" he said, taking the rice balls before taking a bite. "Oh hey this is actually really good".

"Hehe, thanks my mom always works really hard on them" she smiled, before starting into her own lunch.

"H-Hey is that the honour student with the transfer student" "Huh, didn't know she was into bad boys" "He's probably black mailing her or something' '.

As the rumours and murmurs from the other students passed by them, there was a bit of an awkward silence between the two as they ate their lunch together.

"S-So uh just curious, what's your Quirk" Ren asked, trying to bring up another conversation to kill the awkwardness.

"O-Oh my Quirk, well it's nothing special" she said, before raising her hand causing an energy blade "I'm able to turn the wind around me into plasma, as the shape of a blade but it's not really useful to Gymnastics so I don't really use it".

"Huh" Ren blinked, with legitimate surprise in his voice as Sumi had the blade go away before looking over at him "Is something wrong Senpai?".

"Nothing just, our Quirks are actually pretty similar" Ren explained, as Sumi looked at him surprised "Eh? Really".

"Yup but instead of a sword, I'm able to make an energy bullet," he said, making a gun with his fingers as a small energy ball appeared in front of his finger.

"Oh wow! That's so cool" Sumi said, before giggling "My friend Midoriya would have been freaking out right now".

"Oh yeah?" Ren asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Yup he's always been really into Quirks and Heroes, especially All Might" she said, before frowning "Though there was something strange".

"Strange?" Ren asked, as she looked back at him "Well…ever since we were kids, the one thing everyone knew about Midoriya was that he was the only Quirkless kid in our school".

"Wait really? And he managed to get into U.A.? Huh he must be really smart" Ren said, as Sumi frowned "That's the thing, he is smart but he didn't get into the other classes, he somehow got into the Hero Course".

"Huh?! Really, how'd he manage that? Did he suddenly develop a Quirk or something out of nowhere" Ren said, jokingly only to be surprised at Sumi's response.

"Yes, he did," Sumi said, as Ren looked at her with a surprised look. "Yeah, I was surprised too. I've never heard of anyone suddenly developing a Quirk like that".

"Hmm…" Ren said, as he leaned back taking in that information "To be honest now I kinda wanna meet him"

"I'd be happy to introduce you to him" Sumi said, with a smile "I knew you weren't like what the rumours said you were".

"Oh you heard them as well…" Ren said, with a depressed voice "Must have been pretty shocking having someone like me go to your school".

"Yeah I believed them at first…but after seeing you on the train helping out Midoriya and talking to you now, I know you're a good person Senpai" she said, with an encouraging smile.

Ren looked at her with a surprised look, unable to stop as the memories of how people treated him after his sentence up to this moment felt to him came rushing back before a tear started welling up in his eyes.

"A-Ah! Are you okay Senpai" she asked, with a worried expression while Ren rubbed the tear away "Nah it's fine, guess I needed to hear that more than I thought…so thanks"

"Oh well no problem Senpai!" she said, with a smile before they heard the school bell.

"Guess we were talking for awhile, okay I hope to see you later Senpai" she said, with a bow before running off as Ren gave her a wave bye.

"Hmm…Hero Practice class next huh" Ren mused, before a cocky grin grew on his face

"Time for me to shine".

Hero class

Third person P.O.V.

"Hmmmmmm…." Ren sweatdropped, as he sat in the corner of the gymnasium with the other people in their own group.

"Hey, pick up the pace you two!" Kamoshida stated, as he was using his Quirk to send balls of rock at two of the students in the class's special made rocky arena.

The whole class involved Kamoshida randomly pitting two students against each other to begin fighting, and if they weren't doing enough he'd use his own Quirk to attack the students to keep the pace going.

'I get it's to keep them on their toes but this is way too barbaric, he's not even teaching them he's just have them beat the shit out of each other' Ren sweatdropped, watching the fight.

"I can't believe he was even allowed in this class" Ren heard, before looking over at some of the students talking to each other.

"Yeah, wasn't he arrested for like, assault or something" One student asked, as another nodded "Yeah, I heard he has a bunch of guns and knives at all times".

"Man we should be beating villains like him! Not going to class with em" The largest of the students said.

'So that's what they really think of me huh?' Ren thought, a frown growing on his face as he saw all the injuries and bandages on a lot of the students bodies before he heard a crash "Huh?".

"Gah!" One of his classmates cried out, as he crashed onto the ground with injuries all over his body.

"Geez Mishima seriously, I thought you managed to improve the way you were using your Quirk" Kamoshida said, walking up to Mishima and picking him up roughly by the arm making the student groan "Now get back back to the others.

"Y-Yes sir" he said, limply walking back to the other students as Ren looked at him.

'His Quirk is like the Solar Flare right? Why would he be on a 1 on 1 combat course, he works better on a team' Ren thought, looking at Mishima.

"Now who to go for next" Kamoshida said, looking around before spotting Ren as a grin grew on his face.

"Alright how about a match between Amamiya-kun and Kazari-kun" Kamoshida said, making Ren blink as he looked what seemed to be one of the more

"Hell yeah! I can't wait to put that soon to be villain in his place early" Kazari-kun said, as the two of us got up and headed to the arena.

"So you're that new kid with a criminal record for some terrible assault case" Kazari-kun said, with a grin.

"Wouldn't exactly call slightly pushing a drunk guy to the ground so he would stop assaulting a lady a 'terrible assault case'" Ren said, sarcastically.

"Hah please we've all heard of your crime already! You're not going to be able to wiggle your way out of this one!" he yelled, before closing his eyes.

"I can't wait to be called the hero of the school by putting the dangerous criminal in his pla-WHERE THE FUCK DID HE GO!" Kazari-kun yelled, as he saw Ren was now gone.

"GET BACK HERE YOU COWARD!"

"Wouldn't exactly call taking cover being cowardly" Ren whispered, as he examined Kazari-kun "First I need to figure out his Quirk…"

"Kazari-kun! What are you waiting for! Weren't you going to put him in his place!" Kamoshida yelled, catching the students attention "Don't tell me I'll have to take you for 'Extra lessons'".

"N-No sir! I'm about to do it now" Kazari-kun said, before tensing his body.

'He's totally freaked? How scary is this training…' Ren said, before shaking his head and turning back to Kazari-kun 'Questions for late-whoa',

Ren was surprised to see Kazari-kun's body growing buffer as his body transformed into a beast form, which looked like a mix between a gorilla with large arms and the general shape, and a lion with the face, tails and sharp claws.

"Now…where are you?" Kazari-kun said, in a much gruff voice as he looked around for Ren behind some of the rocks in the arena.

'It won't take him long to track me by scent…I'll have to attack now' Ren thought, as he began charging up an energy bullet.

"HAH!" Ren yelled, firing an energy bullet towards Kazari-kuns back before quickly rushing away as it made contact.

"THERE YOU ARE" He roared, before jumping to where the blast came from smashing the ground "Huh? He's gone again".

Ren just sweatdropped as he saw Kazari-kun blindly looking for him "This dude has no idea how to use Quirk, he should be tracking my scent not looking for me blindly".

"Well might as well use that to my advantage" he said, looking up at the boulder he was hiding behind "Thank you for all this training Gramps".

"Where is he…" Kamoshida growled, as he looked around the area from afar he was going to allow this new punk to not only embarrass his top student but him and his training method he needed Kazari-kun to win to put this punk in his place.

"Hmm?" he blinked, before smirking as he saw Ren climbing one of the large boulders "There we go".

"C'mon, c'mon" Ren said, slowly climbing the large boulder to get the high ground advantage only to feel something crash into his back

"Gah" Ren gulped, almost losing his grip before looking back to see Kamoshida with several rockballs.

Kamoshida grinned before sending the rockballs towards him, making Ren's eyes widen.

"SHIT!" Ren yelled, aiming his finger gun before firing at them causing the balls to explode into dust.

"THERE YOU ARE! TRICKY BASTARD!" He roared, dashing towards Ren before hugging the large boulder that Ren was climbing up, being a good few metres below his classmate.

However instead of climbing the large rock the beast was instead shaking it to make Ren drop.

"Uh why are you just shaking?" Ren questioned, as Kazari-kun glared at him "Why else! To get you down".

Ren blinked for a few moments before grinning as he let go "Oh no, you're I'm slipping!".

"There we-hah?!" Kazari-kun yelled, only to be met by a kick to the face causing him to get knocked back to the ground.

"Geh huh?" Kazari-kun blinked, only to see Ren pointing his finger gun at his face.

"Did you seriously think I'd say that~" Ren said, before with a sly smirk and a wink "Now I believe this is, checkmate~".

"F-Fine" He growled, as Kazari-kun returned to normal with Ren jumping off of him "How the hell did you beat me with a puny Quirk like that".

"Dude you could've beaten me easily, your problem is you were all punch and smash first ask questions later" Ren explained, jokingly "You got to start using your Animal instincts and do some more animal movements, otherwise you're not using your Quirk to its full potential".

"My full potential?" He said, looking at his hand before looking at Ren walking back to the changing rooms.

"And I think that's the wrap for the day right? Cool" Ren shrugged, as he headed back with everyone else shocked.

'That fucking bastard! How can some punk have skills like those and not only that but think he can teach my students better than me! I was one of the best heroes around even before All Might! And he's some damn brat who got kicked out of some low level Hero School' Kamoshida growled, glaring at Ren before shaking his head.

"A-Alright everyone, those who lost today's matches come with me for extra lessons and for everyone else, see you for tomorrow's hero rally with a very special guest" Kamoshida said, a quivering smile on his face.

After school

Third person P.O.V.

"Aw man come on" Ren groaned, as he looked up at the raining weather coming down forcing him to take cover nearby "I just had to have not brought an umbrella…"

"Phew made it" Ren heard, before looking over to see someone with their hood up moving in next to him.

They then pulled down their hood, revealing that it was Ann Takamaki under the hood as she shook the rain water out of her hair before looking over at Ren "What are you looking at?".

"Ah uh nothing" Ren said, before taking out his phone and checking it.

'Huh' Ren blinked, as he saw that the red eye app was still there 'Jeez, it just won't go away…maybe I should see what it does…'

However before he could press the app a car then drove in front of the two, with someone they really didn't want to see.

"Phew, quite the bad weather huh? You want a ride back home Takamaki? And what about you Anamiya?" Kamoshida asked, when he did Ren looked over at Ann who had a tense and scared vibe around her.

"Well?" Kamoshida asked, with a raised eyebrow before Ren looked over at him.

"Ah actually I was about to ask Takamaki if she could help me out with the notes from last week in the cafe in the train station, we're in the same class so I don't wanna be left behind" Ren explained, as Ann looked at him with a surprised look.

"Is that right?" Kamoshida asked, with a serious look as Ann nodded "Y-Yeah".

"Well alright then have fun" he said, losing his excitement before driving off as Ren and Ann sighed with relief.

"Thanks for that but are you sure about asking for my help? Not really the best at studying here" Ann said, as Ren smiled while shaking his head.

"Nah that was a lie, I saw you were looking worried so I just made it up on the spot" Ren explained, as Ann blinked in surprise.

"Huh, well I owe you one" Ann said, before checking the rain "Looks like it's letting up, well see ya".

Ren watched Ann walking off towards the train station, he was about to do the same but not before checking the mysterious app.

"Huh? It's some kind of voice recorder?" He blinked, looking at the phone before hearing someone running up to him.

"Woo, finally found ya" Ren heard, before looking over to see Ryuji standing in front of me.

"And you are?" Ren said, with a raised eyebrow making Ryuji laugh.

"Come on, remember from the Gate? It's me Ryuji" he said, making Ren blink "Ah that's right, whats up".

"Ah I just wanted to talk and pay you back for helping me out earlier with that pervy teacher" Ryuji scoffed, making Ren raise an eyebrow.

"Pervy Teacher?" Ren asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Tch, yeah. Asshole thinks he can do whatever he wants. No one gives a damn even when he does shit for no reason- hey… you ain't gonna rat me out to Kamoshida, are ya? Especially since you're in his class and all" Ryuji asked, as Ren crossed his arms.

"Nah but what's your problem with Kamoshida?" Ren asked, before feeling his vibrate making him raise an eyebrow.

"He's a friggin asshole who the school treats as the hero who saved and he thinks of him as the king of the fucking castle" Ren said, sarcastically before groaning.

"King of the castle? Like he thinks he's in charge" Ren asked, as Ryuji nodded "Yeah, he thinks he can get away with whatever he wants and picks on whoever he doesn't like".

"Oh yeah, we should probably talk somewhere with fewer people around," Ren said, looking at the people staring and whispering at them.

"Fair point, c'mon I know this great place in Shibuya my treat" Ryuji said, as Ren blinked "You have the money for two".

"Sure right he-" he said, checking his pocket only for his eyes to widen. He then proceeded to check other parts of his outfit and bag "Shit, must have left my wallet back in the school".

"Guess we'll have to circle back to Shujin then" Ren said, as Ryuji stood up and nodded "Yeah good idea, c'mon I know a shortcut".

As the two walked off, Ren's phone began flashing before a pulse shot out.

Distortion found. Beginning Navigation.

Time around them began slowing down which the two didn't notice as they entered the alleyway to take them towards the school.

As Ren followed the boy he started a bit dizzy as he rubbed his forehead "Hey are you starting to feel a bit light headed".

"WHAT THE EFF?!" Ryuji yelled, making Ren blink as he caught up to Ryuji only to gawk at what they were seeing.

The school was no longer there, now replaced with a gigantic castle with a strange aura around it.

"W-We did go the right way right?" Ryuji asked, looking at Ren who gulped "We should be in the general area…and I definitely didn't see anything like this".

"Guess we should go in and see, maybe someone's Quirk hit us or even a villain attack" Ryuji said, walking in making Ren blink.

"H-Hey! Wait!" Ren yelled, chasing after him but as he did he spotted some of the other students outside the school but they weren't moving 'What the…this is like that dream…'.

'Ah right' Ren thought, as he entered the castle after Ryuji.

An ominous atmosphere settled over them as the castle momentarily distorted to reveal the more normal school building before reverting back to the castle.

Ren blinked before chasing after Ryuji, who seemed to be stopped in front of a figure wearing a suit of armour and a turquoise full-face mask.

"Woah dude what are you wearing? Bit early for Halloween ain't it" Ryuji said, looking at the large suit of armour.

"H-Hey you shouldn't get too close" Ren said, as Ryuji looked back at him "What are you scared of him or somethi-huh, GAH".

Suddenly the knight rushed in and pushed Ryuji pinning him to the ground "Owowowow! What're you doing?! Lemme go damn it!".

"Hey! Let him go!" Ren yelled, using his quirk to fire energy bullets at the knight knocking him back.

"T-Thanks, but damn this is for real" Ryuji said, as Ren helped him up.

"We should get out of here" Ren suggested, with Ryuji nodding.

"Y-Yeah, good idea man" Ryuji gulped, as the two of them turned to the door only to be met by two more knights.

"Oh shi-!" "GAH!" Ryuji and Ren cried, as they were knocked out by the two knights.

"Lock up the intruders in the dungeon, we will see what his majesty wants to do with them"the knight said, as Ren slowly passed out.

Dungeon

Third person P.O.V.

"Ugh, fuck my heads killing me" Ren groaned, as he slowly opened his eyes only to find himself in some kind of medevil dungeon.

"Oh hey you woke up, you've been out for awhile" he heard, looking over at Ryuji sitting next to the wall "You okay?".

"Meh I've been through worse…where are we?" Ren asked, looking around as Ryuji got up.

"I dunno, I've just been trying to break this damn lock" Ryuji growled, kicking the door as Ren raised his eyebrow.

"Why don't you just use your Quirk?" Ren asked, making Ryuji sigh,

"Don't have enough space to use my Quirk in here" Ryuji said, looking right "What about you? Think that finger gun thing could break the lock?".

"Probably…" Ren said, walking to the lock and pointing his finger gun only to blink "What the?".

"What's wrong?" Ryuji asked, as Ren looked back at him "My quirk, I can't activate it"

"You've gotta be shittin me! It was working earlier!" Ryuji yelled, as Ren shook his head.

"I don't know, I'm pressing my palm like usual but nothing is happen-" "GUUUUUAAAAGGGGHHH!".

The two boys' eyes widened as they were suddenly bombarded by the sound of pain.

"GUARGH!" "GYAAAAA!" "N-NO! S-STOP! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH" "H-HELP ME!".

"Woah! Woah! Woah! You're shittin me right!" Ryuji gulped, before grabbing the bars "HEY IS SOMEBODY OUT THERE! YOU GOTTA GET US OUT OF HERE! SERIOUSLY!".

"QUITE INMATE!" They heard, before looking over at one of the soldiers standing in front of the door "Be glad that your punishment is now decided upon. The charge is 'unlawful entry'."

'Guess that's fair enough, we did come here unnanouc-' "Thus, you'll be put to death."

"WHAT THE FUCK!" The two boys yelled, at the same time.

"Why are you surprised, no one's allowed to do as they please in my castle." They heard, before the knight moved to the side revealing Kamoshida but looking different.

"Huh? Wait… Is that you, Kamoshida?" Ryuji blinked, seeing Kamoshida's new outfit. He was wearing a crown on top of his head with a pink speedo. A red cape was wrapped around his shoulders…and nothing else, the only other thing of note being his glowing yellow eyes.

"I thought it was some petty thief, but to think it'd be you, Sakamoto… Are you trying to disobey me again? It looks like you haven't learned your lesson at all, huh?" Kamoshida grinned. "And you brought the little criminal who thought he could do my job better than me huh?"

"Well I mean your teaching was so shitty that none of them knew how to best use their Quirk soooo…" Ren said, making Kamoshida glare at him.

"You dare say that to your King!" Kamoshida yelled, only for Ryuji to grab the bars.

"This ain't funny, you asshole!" Ryuji yelled, grabbing the bars only to get punched in the face.

"Is that how you speak to a king?! It seems you don't understand the position you're in at all." Kamoshida said, walking into the cell before stepping on Ryuji's face.

"Not only did you sneak into my castle, you committed the crime of insulting me, the king. The punishment for that is death." Kamoshida said, making Ren's eyes widen/

"WHAT! NO!" Ren yelled, grabbing Kamoshida's arm "I thought you were a hero! What kind of bullshit is thi-!".

Kamoshida however kicked Ren right in the gut causing him to fall to his knees "Hero you say! Please, I am the king!".

Ren was then kicked in the face causing him to crash to the front before he was kicked several more times "A peasant like you has no right touching the king so carefree! The king is free to do whatever he wants! And beat whoever he wants".

"Ggghhh…" Ren growled, glaring at Kamoshida who only grinned.

"Oh those eyes! So scary! The true eyes of a villain! The villain everyone in this school knows you are" he yelled, about to kick Ren again.

"KAMOSHIDA AAA!" Ryuji yelled, tackling Kamoshida before he could attack Ren "RUN NOW WHILE I GOT HIM PINNED!".

"Sakamoto, you just never learn," Kamoshida said, before punching Ryuji in the face "LOWLY PEST!".

"It was exactly because of that temper of yours that took away your teammates dreams" he said, grabbing Ryuji by the hair "Look at how the star runner of the former track club betrayed his teammates, crushed their dreams yet still carries on as carefree as ever! Maybe I should break your other leg too! To make you reflect!".

"T-That's enough!" Ren grunted, as Kamoshida grinned at Ren "I'll stop if you beg me on all fours! So how about it!".

"I-I'd rather die" Ryuji said, glaring at Kamoshida while his face was clearly beaten.

"As you wish!" he yelled, before throwing Ryuji to the ground.

"You're out of your mi-" Ren cringed, as he was kicked in the face by one of the knights.

"Scum like you should just stay on the ground," Kamoshida said, before continuing to beat Ryuji.

'D-Damn it…am…am I gonna die…' Ren thought, as he watched the two of them.

'Now that you've got a criminal record, the hero academy you were going to go to didn't want to take you and the only one that did take you with a hero training program didn't have a dormitory or anything so your father shipped you off here and into my custody. In other words, they got rid of you for being such a pain.'

'You will be expelled if you cause any sort of issue, honestly I hesitated on accepting someone like you…but there were some circumstances on our side Keep in mind, if you are thrown out of this school there will be no place for you to go'

'What am I kidding myself…there's no way I could be a hero…'

'Man we should be beating villains like him! Not going to class with em'

'Maybe I should just give up…there's no place for someone like me in this society' Ren thought, closing his eyes.

'Yeah I believed them at first…but after seeing you on the train helping out Midoriya and talking to you now, I know you're a good person Senpai'

"What's the matter...?" A new voice of a man called out to Ren, as his eyes shot open.

"Are you simply going to watch? Are you sacrificing him to save yourself mere moments?" Ren looked up to see Kamoshida holding up a beaten Ryuji.

"Death awaits him if you do nothing. Was your decision a mistake then?" Ren slowly stood back up, as he flashed back to the night of the assault and the fear in the woman's voice.

'It was not' "Very well... I've heeded your resolve."

"Heh…hehehehe….heheheheheheheehehe" Ren snickered, catching Kamoshida's attention.

"What are you laughing at-" Kamoshida froze, as he saw Ren's face "W-Where did you get that mask".

"M-Mask…" Ryuji blinked, slowly opening his eyes before looking over to see the white bird mask now on Ren's face.

"Hehehehehehe…hahahahahahahahahaha" Ren laughing echoed through the dungeon as everyone just stared at him.

"Vow to me"

Ren then gripped the mask, still laughing uncontrollably, as he attempted to rip the mask off with blood spilling out as he ripped it off.

"G-Guard! Stop him!" Kamoshida yelled, as the guards rushed towards Ren

"I am thou, thou art I... Thou who art willing to to perform all sacrilegious acts for thine own justice! Call upon my name, and release thy rage!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA-AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Ren screamed, as he ripped off the mask leaving blood in the shape of the mask, trailing down like tears as Ren eyes glowed yellow with a malicious grin on his face.

"Show the strength of thy will to ascertain all on thy own, though thou be chained by Hell itself!"

Ren's face then burst into blue flames and all the blood had also gone with it. The fire spread throughout his body and it completely covered him from head to toe. "Hey you're majesty! This is an advanced warning!"

A burning red face appeared in the flames and separated itself from Akira's body, becoming its own form. "I'm not going to be holding back anymore!"

Chains flew out of the swirling mass of fire and its body became more clear Ren laughed slightly as the demon awakened "So you better watch out".

It was a very tall figure with long arms and legs, along with a red style of clothing. A hat laid on top of its form and its face looked like a fiery mask.

"Guards! Get him!" Kamoshida yelled, as the knights rushed towards who just raised his arms.

"Cause it's Showtime!" Ren yelled, as the being stretched back and its wings shot out a gust of wind, blowing back the guards as well as Kamoshida and Ryuji.

"H-Holy shit" Ryuji gawked, looking at Ren not noticing Kamoshida quickly scurrying away.

Chapter Text

Dungeon

Third person P.O.V.

"Ugh, fuck my heads killing me" Ren groaned, as he slowly opened his eyes only to find himself in some kind of medevil dungeon.

"Oh hey you woke up, you've been out for awhile" he heard, looking over at Ryuji sitting next to the wall "You okay?".

"Meh I've been through worse…where are we?" Ren asked, looking around as Ryuji got up.

"I dunno, I've just been trying to break this damn lock" Ryuji growled, kicking the door as Ren raised his eyebrow.

"Why don't you just use your Quirk?" Ren asked, making Ryuji sigh,

"Don't have enough space to use my Quirk in here" Ryuji said, looking right "What about you? Think that finger gun thing could break the lock?".

"Probably…" Ren said, walking to the lock and pointing his finger gun only to blink "What the?".

"What's wrong?" Ryuji asked, as Ren looked back at him "My quirk, I can't activate it"

"You've gotta be shittin me! It was working earlier!" Ryuji yelled, as Ren shook his head.

"I don't know, I'm pressing my palm like usual but nothing is happen-" "GUUUUUAAAAGGGGHHH!".

The two boys' eyes widened as they were suddenly bombarded by the sound of pain.

"GUARGH!" "GYAAAAA!" "N-NO! S-STOP! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH" "H-HELP ME!".

"Woah! Woah! Woah! You're shittin me right!" Ryuji gulped, before grabbing the bars "HEY IS SOMEBODY OUT THERE! YOU GOTTA GET US OUT OF HERE! SERIOUSLY!".

"QUITE INMATE!" They heard, before looking over at one of the soldiers standing in front of the door "Be glad that your punishment is now decided upon. The charge is 'unlawful entry'."

'Guess that's fair enough, we did come here unnanouc-' "Thus, you'll be put to death."

"WHAT THE FUCK!" The two boys yelled, at the same time.

"Why are you surprised, no one's allowed to do as they please in my castle." They heard, before the knight moved to the side revealing Kamoshida but looking different.

"Huh? Wait… Is that you, Kamoshida?" Ryuji blinked, seeing Kamoshida's new outfit. He was wearing a crown on top of his head with a pink speedo. A red cape was wrapped around his shoulders…and nothing else, the only other thing of note being his glowing yellow eyes.

"I thought it was some petty thief, but to think it'd be you, Sakamoto… Are you trying to disobey me again? It looks like you haven't learned your lesson at all, huh?" Kamoshida grinned. "And you brought the little criminal who thought he could do my job better than me huh?"

"Well I mean your teaching was so shitty that none of them knew how to best use their Quirk soooo…" Ren said, making Kamoshida glare at him.

"You dare say that to your King!" Kamoshida yelled, only for Ryuji to grab the bars.

"This ain't funny, you asshole!" Ryuji yelled, grabbing the bars only to get punched in the face.

"Is that how you speak to a king?! It seems you don't understand the position you're in at all." Kamoshida said, walking into the cell before stepping on Ryuji's face.

"Not only did you sneak into my castle, you committed the crime of insulting me, the king. The punishment for that is death." Kamoshida said, making Ren's eyes widen/

"WHAT! NO!" Ren yelled, grabbing Kamoshida's arm "I thought you were a hero! What kind of bullshit is thi-!".

Kamoshida however kicked Ren right in the gut causing him to fall to his knees "Hero you say! Please, I am the king!".

Ren was then kicked in the face causing him to crash to the front before he was kicked several more times "A peasant like you has no right touching the king so carefree! The king is free to do whatever he wants! And beat whoever he wants".

"Ggghhh…" Ren growled, glaring at Kamoshida who only grinned.

"Oh those eyes! So scary! The true eyes of a villain! The villain everyone in this school knows you are" he yelled, about to kick Ren again.

"KAMOSHIDA AAA!" Ryuji yelled, tackling Kamoshida before he could attack Ren "RUN NOW WHILE I GOT HIM PINNED!".

"Sakamoto, you just never learn," Kamoshida said, before punching Ryuji in the face "LOWLY PEST!".

"It was exactly because of that temper of yours that took away your teammates dreams" he said, grabbing Ryuji by the hair "Look at how the star runner of the former track club betrayed his teammates, crushed their dreams yet still carries on as carefree as ever! Maybe I should break your other leg too! To make you reflect!".

"T-That's enough!" Ren grunted, as Kamoshida grinned at Ren "I'll stop if you beg me on all fours! So how about it!".

"I-I'd rather die" Ryuji said, glaring at Kamoshida while his face was clearly beaten.

"As you wish!" he yelled, before throwing Ryuji to the ground.

"You're out of your mi-" Ren cringed, as he was kicked in the face by one of the knights.

"Scum like you should just stay on the ground," Kamoshida said, before continuing to beat Ryuji.

'D-Damn it…am…am I gonna die…' Ren thought, as he watched the two of them.

'Now that you've got a criminal record, the hero academy you were going to go to didn't want to take you and the only one that did take you with a hero training program didn't have a dormitory or anything so your father shipped you off here and into my custody. In other words, they got rid of you for being such a pain.'

'You will be expelled if you cause any sort of issue, honestly I hesitated on accepting someone like you…but there were some circumstances on our side Keep in mind, if you are thrown out of this school there will be no place for you to go'

'What am I kidding myself…there's no way I could be a hero…'

'Man we should be beating villains like him! Not going to class with em'

'Maybe I should just give up…there's no place for someone like me in this society' Ren thought, closing his eyes.

'Yeah I believed them at first…but after seeing you on the train helping out Midoriya and talking to you now, I know you're a good person Senpai'

"What's the matter...?" A new voice of a man called out to Ren, as his eyes shot open.

"Are you simply going to watch? Are you sacrificing him to save yourself mere moments?" Ren looked up to see Kamoshida holding up a beaten Ryuji.

"Death awaits him if you do nothing. Was your decision a mistake then?" Ren slowly stood back up, as he flashed back to the night of the assault and the fear in the woman's voice.

'It was not' "Very well... I've heeded your resolve."

"Heh…hehehehe….heheheheheheheehehe" Ren snickered, catching Kamoshida's attention.

"What are you laughing at-" Kamoshida froze, as he saw Ren's face "W-Where did you get that mask".

"M-Mask…" Ryuji blinked, slowly opening his eyes before looking over to see the white bird mask now on Ren's face.

"Hehehehehehe…hahahahahahahahahaha" Ren laughing echoed through the dungeon as everyone just stared at him.

"Vow to me"

Ren then gripped the mask, still laughing uncontrollably, as he attempted to rip the mask off with blood spilling out as he ripped it off.

"G-Guard! Stop him!" Kamoshida yelled, as the guards rushed towards Ren

"I am thou, thou art I... Thou who art willing to to perform all sacrilegious acts for thine own justice! Call upon my name, and release thy rage!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Ren screamed, as he ripped off the mask leaving blood in the shape of the mask, trailing down like tears as Ren eyes glowed yellow with a malicious grin on his face.

"Show the strength of thy will to ascertain all on thy own, though thou be chained by Hell itself!"

Ren's face then burst into blue flames and all the blood had also gone with it. The fire spread throughout his body and it completely covered him from head to toe. "Hey you're majesty! This is an advanced warning!"

A burning red face appeared in the flames and separated itself from Akira's body, becoming its own form. "I'm not going to be holding back anymore!"

Chains flew out of the swirling mass of fire and its body became more clear Ren laughed slightly as the demon awakened "So you better watch out".

It was a very tall figure with long arms and legs, along with a red style of clothing. A hat laid on top of its form and its face looked like a fiery mask.

"Guards! Get him!" Kamoshida yelled, as the knights rushed towards who just raised his arms.

"Cause it's Showtime!" Ren yelled, as the being stretched back and its wings shot out a gust of wind, blowing back the guards as well as Kamoshida and Ryuji.

"H-Holy shit" Ryuji gawked, looking at Ren not noticing Kamoshida quickly scurrying away.

"I-Is that you" Ryuji asked, but Ren was still distracted as he looked over at the demon next to him.

"I am the Pillager of Twilight! Arsene! The rebel soul that sleeps deep within you!" The now named Arsene stated, as Ren blink "My…rebel soul?".

"Who the hell are you!" They heard, before looking over at Kamoshida with a furious look on his face "Guard! Start by killing that one!".

Suddenly the knight's bodies began shifting before a dark energy flew out forming a group of about 4 monsters that looked like ghosts but with pumpkin heads, a blue cloak and knives.

"Now show me your fighting spirit! Do well and I shall consider granting you the power to break through this crisis" Arsene said, as he picked up one of the guards, dropped spears and broke the blade off making it into a knife before handing it to Ren.

Looking at the blade a grin grew on Ren's face before he looked over at the monsters "Alright then, like I said before…IT'S SHOWTIME!".

Ren then dashed towards monsters at incredible speeds, surprising everyone there as he moved into to strike.

Using the rudimentarily made knife Ren slashed at the enemy knocking it back, but this left him open for another of the monsters to attack him.

"Block to the left!" Arsene said, as Ren turned around and crossed his arms blocking the monsters before he slashed at it with his knife.

The other two Jack O'Lantern monsters charged up some kind of flame magic as Ren looked over at them.

"Slide under them before they can fire and attack from behind" Arsene said, as Ren did just that running towards the monster before sliding under them.

He then jumped up and slashed both monsters knocking towards the monsters, before Arsene flew down next to him.

"Good, good, you've impressed me! Very well my power shall be yours to command!" Arsene said, making Ren smirk.

"Now that's great…finish them off!" Ren yelled, making Arsene smirk as he raised his hand.

"Eiha!" Arsene stated, as a pool of black and red energy appeared below them before attacking the monsters from below turned them into black mist.

"W-Woah" Ren said, looking at the black mist before looking back at Arsene who was dispersing his flames moving to his face.

"You've done well for your first battle, you pass the test…until next time~" Arsene smirked, as the flames of Arsene moved to Ren's face forming the mask.

"M-My guards…i-in just one blow" Kamoshida gulped, stepping back before growling.

"I-In one move" Ryuji gawked, looking at the black mist "His Quirk is insane…what the-hey!".

Ryuji quickly got up as he saw Kamoshida sneaking up on Ren to put him in a chokehold before Ren moved in, shoving him towards the ground.

"Nice one! Now's our chance!" Ren said, as the two left the room before closing the door, using the key to lock the door.

"Heh, you look more suited to being behind bars than a self absorbed king" Ryuji smirked, as Kamoshida got up.

"W-Wha! You damn peasants!" Kamoshida roared, grabbing the bars "Guards! The Thieves are trying to escape!".

Kamoshida growled, as he watched the two of them running deeper into the dungeon "No way I'm gonna let you get away brats!".

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

Deeper into the Dungeon

Third person P.O.V.

We see Ren and Ryuji running through the dungeon, as they pass by empty jail cells they even had to jump over the river next to them and sneak through the holes between the cells.

"Damn, how big is this pla- woah!".Ryuji said, before falling a bit but Ren caught him "You okay? He was beating you pretty bad".

"T-Thanks, I thought I was gonna die back there" Ryuji said, with a smirk as they walked through the dungeon "But man you're Quirk is so friggin cool! It even transformed your clothes".

"I-It isn't my Quirk…mines the finger gun" Ren stated, making Ryuji blink "It's not?! But, then what the hell was that".

"I-I don't know, I just heard this voice and-" "Hey you! Over there! Did you just awaken your Persona!".

"Huh" They blinked, looking around with Ren frowning "Someone else is here…",

"Over here! Over here! Just follow my voice!" The voice said, as Ren and Ryuji looked at each other nodded before following the voice only to be shocked at what they saw.

"Yup, that's definitely a Phantom Thief outfit alright! Help me out here won't ya" Standing in the cell was not a person, but an anthropomorphic and biped tuxedo cat-like creature with a large spheroidal head. His fur is predominantly black, except on his limbs and tail which appear white. The bottom front half of his face or his mouth is also white.

"Uuuuuooooohhhh! What is that thing! It's a freaking monster c-hrrmmfff!" Ryuji screamed, before Ren covered his mouth.

"Dude calm down, it doesn't seem aggressive so it's probably not one of those monsters" Ren explained, looking back at the cat creature "Most likely it's someone with a Quirk that makes him look like that, and let me guess you got sucked up here too and got captured as well".

"Heh, you seem a lot smarter than blondie, frizzy hair" The cat smirked, as annoying Ryuji "What did you just call me! It's Ryuji! Got that!".

"Yeah, yeah whatever now will you let me out already? You guys wanna get out too right? Well I know where a secret exit is" Morgana said, with a smirk making Ren and Ryuji blink.

"Hmm…I don't know, what do you thi-hey!" Ryuji blinked, as Ren took out the guard keys they picked up and walked towards the door "You're just going to let him go like that!".

"Well we don't really have any other choice" Ren said, before unlocking the door as Morgana jumped.

"Nyaaaa! Freedom never felt so good! Heh, thanks for that Frizzy Hai-huh?" The cat blinked, as Ren looked at him with a big smile and sparkly eyes ``W-What are you-HEY!".

"Daw! Wook at the wittle kittie! He's sho soft and fwuffy! I could dew this all day" Ren said in a cutesy voice, as he began petting and scratching the cat's body.

"H-Hey! What are you- let me g-Nyaaaaaaaaaa~" The cat purred, as Ren was scratching just the right spot.

Ryuji couldn't help but plush as he saw Ren happily petting Morgana "H-Hey! Lemme have a go! I wanna pet the fluffy kitty too!".

"Geh! Hey, I am not a cat!" Morgana yelled, breaking away of Ren's grip making look down while pouting.

"Awww….no more kitty pets"

"I am not a cat! I am Morgana! And you better not forget it! Newbies!" Morgana said, making the two blink.

"Newbies?" The two blinked, as Morgana smirked "Well yeah! You guys new to palace infiltration, and unlocking the Persona as well? Not bad".

"Wait Palace? What is this place" Ren asked, as Morgana looked at them surprised "Huh? Are you saying you've come here by accident? How!".

"How the hell am I meant to do, we were just walking back to the school and it was just replaced with a friggin castle" "AH!".

Ryuji and Morgana blinked as they looked over at Ren who was sweating heavily "Uh what's up dude".

"This might have been my fault…" Ren said, making Ryuji eyes widen "For real?! HOW!".

"Okay so uh you see… when I first got here to the city this weird App showed up on my phone, then when I tried deleting it I saw a vision of Arsene in the city with everything else frozen, the next day I saw the App was back so I decided to see what it does before you ran up to me and since I saw Arsene was real I thought, 'hey, why not check how the app is' and I saw this" Ren said, showing his Phone that read 'Kamoshida' 'Shujin Academy' 'Castle'

"I-I…I have no idea what you just said dude" Ryuji sweatdropped, while Morgana had a look of interest.

"Hmm interesting, so you're saying this app was what brought you into the Palace" Morgana asked, as Ren crossed his arms "That's what I'm guessing, but what exactly is a 'Palace'?"

"Y-Yeah! What is this place! And what the heck happened to the school" Ryuji yelled, making Morgana.

"Nyehehe, well good thing you two ran into me! I happen to be an expert in places like these" Morgana said, with a smirk looking up at the two.

"Like I said before, this place is a Palace. It's another reality that's been projected from the Ruler's heart. You could say it's a world in which one's distorted desire has been materialised" Morgana explained, with a grin "It looks like a castle because the rules think of the school as his own Castle! It's how his distorted heart views it".

"W-Wait what! They became like this because of that prick, Kamoshida" Ryuji yelled, as Ren looked at him.

"I think it's more like we've entered into his mindscape, and this is how he sees the school" Ren said, before looking down at Morgana "Is that why the people outside were frozen in place?".

"That's right, the mind moves a lot faster than people think so in the world of the mind, everything outside is much slower" Morgana stated, as before crossing his arms "That Kamoshida was commanding the guards so I'm guessing he's the ruler around here".

"Hang on! Kamoshida made this place! Then that wasn't some weird cosplay! He actually thinks of himself as a king!" Ryuji growled, gripping his hand.

"But I saw Kamoshida leaving the school? How could he be here now" Ren asked, as Morgana smirked.

"That's because that Kamoshida was a Shadow," Morgana said, making the two boys blink again.

"A Shadow?".

"Yup, A Shadow is the true self that is suppressed, a side of one's personality they don't want to see or have kept deep within themselves but when someone accepts or unleashes that side of themselves, their shadow transforms into what we call a Persona" Morgana explained, as Ryuji blinked.

"Whoa, was that what happened to you?" Ryuji asked, as Ren nodded.

"Yeah, when I saw you getting beaten…I felt like my only option was to give up, that I really was the villain everyone saw me as…but then I remembered some words that made me want to prove those rumours wrong, that I was someone good and that I wasn't gonna let the regrets from that day hold me back from helping people" Ren said, gripping his gloved hand.

"Woah, badass" Ryuji said, before blinking "Wait, what about Kamoshida's? He seemed pretty the same as normal, just exaggerated".

"That's what a distorted desire does to their shadow, they become almost exactly like their light self and eventually gain a Palace of their own and are able to control other shadows as well" Morgana explained, making Ren's eyes widen.

"Those knights that transformed into those Jack O Lanterns" Ren realised, making Morgana nod "Seems you get it now".

"You shouldn't do anything stupid though, this place adapts to its ruler's desires and makes everyone weaker then the Ruler, draining away their Quirk the longer they're in there" Morgana explained, making Ren's eyes widen.

"So that's why I couldn't activate my Quirk earlier" he said, looking at his hand.

"That's right but now you have the Will of Rebellion, a special form of Persona summoning that allows you to fight Palace Rulers…your clothes are proof of that" Morgana explained, as Ren looked at his outfit.

"You heard that voice speaking to you when your voice came out right? That was your Personas voice coming from your Heart'' Morgana grinned, before frowning "But a fair warning, what you went through was a complete awakening, it's not just an awakening of your Persona".

"Uh what are you talking about?" Ryuji asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"I'll keep that as a surprise, now come on! I think the guards are finally gone" Morgana said, running ahead with Ren and Ryuji following close behind

The way out of the dungeon was complicated, as they had to be careful about sneaking past guards, dodging traps and figuring out puzzles, like having to fiddle with a statue of Kamoshida to bring down the bridge.

"Geez, hah, how are you guys so much faster, hah" Ryuji said, as he was following behind Joker and Morgana "I was on the track team and yet I can't keep up".

"Maybe it's this world that's weakening your body like your Quirk?" Ren guessed, before realising something "Wait a minute, if this is how Kamoshida sees the school then where are the students?".

"Heh you wanna know that, we-" "HOLY SHIT!".

"What's up…whoa" Ren said, as he saw Ryuji looking into one of the cells before he did the same only for his eyes to widen.

Behind the bars was a room filled to the brim with people about their age. They were chained to the ceiling by their hands and kneeling as the familiar enemies whipped them across their backs, necks and whatnot.

Banners in white near the back have words adorning them saying 'This is what it means to be a hero'

They catch sight of one of the boys chained up drop down motionless, unconscious as two more guards come in and splash them with a bucket of random liquids.

"W-What the fuck! What the hell is this" Ryuji yelled, stepping back in shock.

"These guys…they're the other students from Hero Class!" Ren stated, with widened eyes as Ryuji moved up for another look "Hey! You're right!".

"Damn it! How do I open this!" Ryuji yelled, shocking the bars to try and get it open.

"S-Stop…"

The two boys widened as they looked over at a beaten Mishima limping over to them "Just leave us alone…"

"W-What are you saying!" Ryuji yelled, before another student walked up this one being Jiro

"It's useless, useless, useless... If you try to get us out, we will all be punished severely..." Jiro said, as Ren's eyes widened.

"You want to stay in a place like this? Haven't you ever wanted to escape" Ren said, while the two just looked down 'They don't even have the will to fight back…'.

"It's useless" Morgana said, as the two boys looked at the cat "Breaking them out now would be just pointless"

"What are you talking about! We can't just leave them here" Ryuji yelled, making Morgana sigh as he shook his head.

"These people only exist in the cognitive world. They aren't real people who've entered this place like you, they've not got a soul" Morgana explained, as Ren blinked

"Cognitive world?" Ren questioned, with a raised eyebrow "You mean they're what Kamoshida thinks of them".

"Exactly, they're not real" Morgana yelled silently, before looking back at them "You could say they're just wooden mannequins with someone's face on it and do everything the Palace ruler thinks they do or what he'd think of them to do in this situation."

"The hell...? Why's this so complicated?" Ryuji grumbled, gripping his hand "The school's a castle and the people are slaves... Fits that man's personality to a tee. This really is in his head."

Morgana jumped down from his spot and hopped over to the cell bars and sighed. "Still, this is horrendous to witness. This must mean he's doing something similar in the real world."

"In the real world?" The blonde asked, as Morgana nodded "They must be constantly abused everyday."

"Wait you're in the class right? Did you know anything about this" Ryuji asked, looking over at Ren as he thought back.

"Kazari-kun! What are you waiting for! Weren't you going to put him in his place! Don't tell me I'll have to take you for 'Extra lessons'" "N-No sir! I'm about to do it now"

"Ah! The extra lessons!" Ren gasped, as Ryuji and Morgana looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Throughout the class he was just pitting us against each other, he said that he would give any student who lost, 'extra lessons' and even the best students seemed scared of it" Ren explained, as Morgana crossed his arms.

"I see, so he treats them like gladiators fighting against each other and punishes the losers" Morgana growled, while Ryuji gripped his hand.

"THIS IS BULLSHIT!" Ryuji yelled, before punching the walls, scaring the cognitive students.

"Ah don't scream like that idi-" "There they are!"

All three looked over at three of the knights running towards them making Morgana growl.

"Now look what you did, c'mon Frizzy hair you're with me" Morgana said, taking out a large sword.

"It's Ren but alright fine, Ryuji stay back" Ren said, as he took out his handmade knife.

"You seem fast, I'll attack first and you sneak up to rip off his mask" Morgana said, as Ren nodded just going with it.

"Nya!" Morgana yelled, slashing at the knights as they moved back before swinging their weapons at the cat.

However this was what they wanted to happen, as Ren jumped from the shadows onto the knights back.

"Alright, show me your true form!" Ren yelled, before ripping off the masks causing the armour to burst off.

The dark energy in the knights were then reformed into more of the monsters, one being the Jack O' Lantern monster, another being a red imp like demon called an Incubus and the last being a small pixie with a blue dress and pink hair.

"Heh pretty good newbie, alright my turn" Morgana said, before ripping his bandana off "Come on out! Zorro!"

The bandana then shined before turning into a mass of blue flames that grew into a seemingly humanoid shape but very buff.

When the flames died down, they saw standing behind the smirking Morgana was a figure of cartoonesque appearance reminiscent of a Spanish gentleman of the 19th century. Its body is done in leathery black with silver zippers running through it as well as extra details on the chest making it look as if it was wearing a dancing shirt with a blue tucked in tie as well as a cape and collar holded by a pair of diamonds. On its waist was a mix between a luchador's belt and a corset. With a big silver Z in the front. Its head was compromised only by a black top hat with yellow eyes being localised on top the front rim. On its hand was a sharp silver rapier.

"What heck! You can do it too" Ryuji gasped, looking at the Persona behind Morgana.

"Heh, I'm not just good looking you know" Morgana smirked, before turning his attention back to the monsters "Now then Zorro, Garu!"

"Take this!" Zorro proclaimed, as its sword charged up with a green energy before it slashed its sword in a Z movement, sending a powerful gust of wind towards the monster.

The monster was knocked back by this wind attack, surprising the Pixie enemy before Morgana rushed in.

"Now my turn!" Morgana yelled, gripping his large sword before dashing towards the Kelpie enemy and slashing it in half, turning it into black dust.

"Huh, so it's not just Arsene," Ren noted, before grabbing his knife and rushing towards the Jack O' Lantern enemy.

He proceeded to slash the enemy several times, sending Jack O' Lantern flying back which surprised the Pixie enemy even more.

"And next up, Persona!" Ren yelled, ripping off his mask which turned into blue flames before reforming into Arsene.

"So you seek my power again? Very well! Fight to your heart's content!" Arsene stated, making Ren smirk.

"Arsene! Cleave!" Ren commanded, as Arsene spread its wings before flying towards Jack O' Lantern.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Arsene laughed, as he slashed at the Jack O' Lantern slicing it in half.

"Whoa! So cool!" Ryuji said, with stars in his eyes as he saw their two Persona's "Wish I could do something like that…"

"Now to finish off the last pipsqueak" Morgana said, as they both turned their attention to the Pixie who jumped.

"W-Wait! Wait! P-Please don't kill me! I'll do anything!" Pixie begged, as Ren and Ryuji looked at the monster surprised.

"Wait, they can talk too?" Ren asked, as Morgana crossed his arms "Of course they can talk, our ones can".

"WAIT THEY CAN ALL TALK! I HAVEN'T HEARD SHIT!" Ryuji yelled, as Morgana sighed "That's because you don't have a Persona yourself, anyway this is a good opportunity, it might have some good stuff".

"I guess! Alright here's the deal" Ren said, pointing his knife at Pixie "Give me whatever you got, and we'll maybe spare your life".

"U-Um, I actually don't have anything…" The Pixie sweatdropped, as the boys just stared at it surprised.

"Oh well uh, guess we'll just waste it then" Morgana said, making the Pixie jump.

"W-Wait no! Please" Pixie cried, making the boys frown.

"This is…starting to feel a bit uncomfortable" Ryuji sweatdropped, with Ren nodding "Yeah…you know what, I'll let you go".

"R-Really?" Pixie asked, as Morgana looked at him surprised.

"Y-Yeah just don't go causing trouble like making someone uglies by giving them a worse hunch back just caused they were ruining your song or something" Ren jokes, referencing some lore he heard about it.

"I-Is that meant to be joke?" Pixie asked, as Ryuji and Morgan gave Ren the same confused look as well.

"What? It's Irish Pixie lore…fuck you guys I'm hilarious" Ren pouted, crossing his arms.

"Yeah that wasn't funny…but I guess I'm the same as in any other situation... So much so we'd probably get along well." Pixie said, before she began glowing. "W-Woah! I feel something different stirring within me!"

"What the-?!" Morgana exclaimed.

"...Oh yeah! I remember now! I don't belong to just King Kamoshida... I'm an existence that drifts among the sea of human souls! My real name is... is 'Pixie'!" She said, excitedly

"We kinda guessed that already..." Ryuji sweatdropped, while crossing his arms

"From now on, I'll live on inside your heart!" Pixie stated, before turning into a ball of light and flying into Ren's mask causing him to fall back.

"Whoa! What the heck was that!" Morgana yelled, as Ren looked at him "That was my question".

"Wait, are you saying that's not normal?" Ryuji asked, as Morgana shook his head "Of course it isn't! People only have one heart! So only one Persona, being able to hold multiple Persona's is incredible".

"Huh, guess I've got a knack for this" he said, before pressing his chest 'I guess, welcome to my heart Pixie…'.

"Well anyway, we should really get out of here before more of those guards get here," Ryuji said, helping Ren up.

"Fine, but don't forget we will be talking about this," Morgana said, as the other two nodded before all three started making their way out of the dungeon.

Castle Entrance

Third person P.O.V.

"C'mon! The entrance is just up this way!" Morgana said, as we see the three of them running through the dungeon towards the door.

"Heh, I knew you punks would come through your heart and with that other intruder as well!" They heard, as when they made it through the door they were met by Kamoshida followed by a large group of knights including on golden.

"Oh this is bad" Morgana gulped, as Ren gripped his hand "We must've waited too long…",

"Kamoshida you fucking bastard! This school isn't your fucking castle!" Ryuji yelled, glaring at the perverted king "We're gonna get everyone in your fucking class to turn on you soon enough".

"It seems it's true when they say 'barking dogs seldom bite' how far the star of the track team has fallen" Kamoshida said, with a creepy grin.

"What are you getting at?!" Ryuji yelled, glaring at the king as he crossed his arms.

"I speak of the 'Ape Delinquent' who acted in violence against his own team, crushing the dreams of all your friends!" He revealed, making Ryuji's eyes widen while Ren looked at him.

"Oh, I can only imagine the pain that they went through when they realised that their friend had caused them to be put into a bad light. Everyone then looked down on them because of your selfish actions!" Kamoshida mocked, shaking his head.

"What is he talking about?" Ren asked, as he saw Ryuji had the look of regret on his face.

"Oh? He didn't tell you? Your friend here betrayed his team's trust and then carried on carefree as ever." Kamoshida mocked, before shaking his head "And now his bull headedness is going to get another friend killed, make it quick".

With a wave of his hand two of the knights burst off, with the black energy forming into black two horned horses.

"This is bad, we need to escape, shit!" Morgana jumped, as more of the knights appeared behind them and transformed into the knights as well "Crap! We're surrounded".

"Then we'll just have to fight! ARSENE!" Ren yelled, summoning his Persona as the two of them dashed towards two of the horses.

"Yeah, good idea! Come out! ZORRO!" Morgana yelled, summoning his Persona while taking out his sword before they both slashed at the monsters.

Ryuji only watched as he saw the two Persona users fighting alongside their Persona's against the shadows, only looking down in shame for not being able to do anything.

The Bicorn neighed as it dashed towards Morgana who jumped up dodging the attack before landing on its back.

"Take this!" Morgana yelled, slashing its back before jumping up and shooting at it with a slingshot causing the monster to burst into black smoke.

"Hah! Too weak!" Zorro said, as he slashed at the Bicorn with his sword before kicking it into the air.

"Nice job! Now! Zorro! Garu!" Morgana yelled, as the Persona did a Z motion with his sword which sent a wind attack at the shadow cutting it in half before dissolving.

"HAH!" Ren yelled at one of the Bicron with his knife which was then followed by a kick to the face.

"Now to rampage!" Arsene grinned, moving in for another slash before following it with raising his hand at the two monsters.

"Good idea! Arsene! Eiha" Ren commanded, as a pool of energy appeared below the two Horses.

"Not this time! Dodge it!" Kamoshida yelled, as the Bicorns jumped out of the way of the attack.

"Huh! Gah!" Ren yelled, as he was tackled by the two Bicorns knocking him towards the ground.

"Huh? Ah! Frizzy hair!" Morgana yelled, before he also was knocked by the Bicorn, sending him next to Ren.

As this happened the two Persona's turned into energy before flying back towards their masters.

"HAHAHA! EXCELLENT! Now finish them!" Kamoshida laughed, raising his hand,

"Oh shit guys!" Ryuji yelled, as he saw the gold knights rushing towards the two of them to finish them.

"I won't let you!" He yelled, grabbing one of the fancy handle stands and using it as a club to hit the knights.

However this nothing but annoy the knight as it slapped Ryuji back with its shield before stepping on his back "GUUUUUUAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!".

"HAHAHAHAHAAHHAHA! WHAT A FITTING POSITION FOR A POWERLESS WORM LIKE YOU!" Kamoshida grinned, as he looked down at Ryuji who glared at him "D-Damn it…".

"Do you get it yet? You are powerless before me! Especially you Sakamoto! You can do nothing against my justice! This is the same as when you were in the you were in the track team and opposed my guidance each and everytime!" Kamoshida grinned, making Ryuji growl.

"That shit wasn't guidance! It was just straight up abuse" Ryuji yelled, as Ren looked at him "Ryuji…",

"Bahhahahaha! That's right! I planned to crush it right from the beginning!" Kamoshida yelled, waving his arm.

"It was nothing but an eyesore! The nerve of those pests! The only one who needs to get results is me! I did nothing wrong crushing you a lot under my boot! Your track team was pointless compared to my hero class!" Kamoshida yelled, a disgusting grin on his face.

"The old coach who dropped out was hopeless too... Had he not opposed me with a sound argument, I would've settled it by only breaking his star runner's leg." Kamoshida said, making Ryuji's eyes widen.

"...What?"

"Do you need me to break your other leg too? My dad will cover it all up in a cinch! They'll even call it 'self defence' again." Kamoshida said, as Ryuji looked down.

"So that's what happened…" Morgana said, with a sympathetic look while staring at Ryuji.

"Hahahaha! What makes it better is that, thanks to that your track team couldn't even enter the inter high meet! All because of you! And now even your old friends has blamed you for everything that has happened to them!" Kamoshida yelled.

"You did it because you couldn't bear it any more but look at yourself, nothing more then outcast! You could never beat me! You're nothing but a loser! Now die like the dog you-" "SHUT THE FUCK UP!".

Everyone's eyes widened as they turned their attention to Ren who slowly got up with a look of pure rage on his face.

"Arsene!" Ren yelled, as his Persona came out before punching the gold knight in the face knocking it off of Ryuji

"I've seen your hero training and it's total shit! None of them know what they're doing or how to use their powers except to destroy and fight while everyone else praises you! You're nothing but an old man that's trying to reclaim his old glory because he knows he can never get it back with the Heroes of today" Ren stated, making Kamoshida step back.

"Ryuji, are you really gonna let this guy say to you! Acting all high and mighty over you when really he was scared of you and your team's success" Ren asked, making Ryujis eyes widen.

"Your right…what am I doing" Ryuji said, gripping his hand.

"It's because of that asshole…that I can't run anymore" Ryuji said, slowly getting back up "I can't run until I get back what he's stolen from me…"

"I can't lose…UNTIL I WIPE THAT SHIT EATING GRIN OFF HIS FACE!".

"You made me wait quite a while."

"Huh?...GAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Ryuji screamed, as he gripped his head in pain.

"You seek strength, correct? Then let us form a pact."

"Morgana, is this" Ren said, looking at the cat as he nodded "Yeah! Ryuji's awakening!".

"Since your name has been disgraced already, why not hoist the flag and wreak havoc?"

"N-No…NO! Not him too!" Kamoshida gulped, as he saw Ryuji's eyes turn yellow while he was writing in pain.

"The 'other' you desires it as such... I am thou, thou art I... There is no more turning back... The skull of rebellion is your flag henceforth!" A metal skull mask appeared on Ryuji's face as he looked upwards.

"Yeah! I'll crush him all of my strength! Now come on out!" Ryuji said, gripping the metal skull mask as hard as he can.

"Captain…KIDDDDDDDDDDDDD!" Ryuji roared, pulling off the mask leave blood of the masks shape before he exploded into blue flames.

(Play Last Surprise, striker version)

Everyone covered their eyes at the brightness before looking over at Ryuji's new form and his new Persona.

His new outfit consists of matching black jacket with elbow pads and what appears to be a metal vertebral column attached to its back, pants with knee pads and a double-sided holster belt with ammo on each side, a red ascot, combat boots and a pair of yellow gloves with metal knuckle protectors.

Captain kidd looked similar to a pirate but as a skeleton with a skull face and a very thin figure. He wore an eyepatch, prosthetic limb, and captain's hat with a skull and crossbones design. He wears a blue shirt, a pair of black pants with gold trim, white boots, and a long flowing red cape. The torso is covered by a grey harness that ends in a pair of cutlasses just below the neck. A pair of anchor ornaments on chains dangle from the harness. Kidd's left hand is covered by a yellow glove but with sharp jagged nails. THis right hand was replaced with a gold cannon.

The flying pirate ship Captain Kidd rides is barely large enough to carry Kidd himself, comparable in size to a surfboard. It is seemingly made of black wood and has had both of its masts torn off. The rigging nets have also been torn off and flow in the wind, similar to Kidd's cape. The black sails of the ship, which would normally be on the masts, have seemingly been tied and wrapped up on the bow of the ship. The ship's hull has been decorated with a large grinning face with manic red-yellow eyes similar to Kidd's own, sharp white teeth and a toothy grin. Small gold cannons adorn the ship's sides. Lastly, there appears to be a figurehead of a golden angelic woman adorning the bow of the ship.

"Aw yeah! I could get used to this! What's up, my Persona!" He said, before noticing the golden knight standing up before pointing at the knight "WRECK EM UP! CAPTAIN KIDD! ZIO!".

"HAHAHAAHA! I like your spirit kid!" Captain Kidd said, before aiming his canon at the golden knight and firing a lightning blast.

This caused his armour to burst off as he transformed into another shadow which looked like a red knight with a silver spear riding a black horse, this was called a Eligor.

"Heh, you're looking pretty good" Ren said, walking up to Ryuji while fixing his glove.

"Hell yeah man! Is this what you felt like! This feels awesome!" Ryuji grinned, looking at him self.

"Hey guys, focus up! Here they come!" Morgana said, joining the others as they saw the Bicorn grouping up with the Eligor.

"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR! GET THEM!" Kamoshida yelled, as the monsters dashed towards our heroes.

Ren only smirked as he spun his knife in his hand before pointing at the monsters "IT'S SHOWTIME!".

The bicorns neighed as one of them dashed towards who only smirked and picked up the torch he had used as a club.

"How's this!" Ryuji yelled, as he swung the torch right into the horses face skidding it back.

He followed the attack with a few more slams to the face with his club before Ryuji jumped back.

"Alright! CAPTAIN KIDD! FOLLOW IT WITH A ZIO!" Ryuji yelled, pointing at the Bicorn.

"RIGHT ON! HERE YA GO MATE!" Captain Kidd grinned, before firing another electricity bolt right at the shadow.

"Gyah!" The shadow screamed, as it turned into dust instantly.

"Nice one blondie!" Morgana grinned, blocking the Eligors strike before pushing it back "You hit it's weakness".

"Weakness, so these guys are weak to electricity" Ren said, dodging the other Bicorn's attack.

"Ooh! Ooh! Boss! Let me! Let me!" He heard a familiar voice, as he caught the Bicorns horn while it charged at him.

'Pixie? Is that you' Ren questioned, before throwing the Bicorn away "Yeah Boss! I can do the same trick as Captain Kidd! So let me in!".

"Well if you say so! PIXIE! ZIO!" Ren yelled, as his mask flashed yellow before turning into blue flames and flying up.

The flames then formed into the small Pixie who smirked"Hehe, here's for making me your slave! King! ZIO!"

Pixie raised her arms creating a cloud above the Bicorn and shooting a bolt of lighting at the monster, causing damage but not finishing./

"Thanks! Now it's my turn" Ren yelled, before dashing towards Bicorn and slashing it several times before with one more slash he cut the monster in half causing it to turn into black smoke.

"No! You damn punks who do you think you are!" Eligor roared, as he raised his spear to strike at them.

"Heh, us? You can just call us Phantom Thieves that are stirring up a storm!" Morgana grinned, while summoning Zorro to block the attack "Though they may be newbies".

"They have amazing potential!" Zorro yelled, before swinging and slashing at Eligor in Z pattern causing him to stagger back.

"Ryuji follow me! Pixie! ZIO!" "I see what you're up to! Captain Kidd! ZIO!"

Both Persona's smirked as they charged up their attacks before firing at the knight causing him and his horse to buckle down.

"I am…a loyal subject…to the glorious King Kamoshida!...So why…am I losing!" Eligor asked, making Ryuji smirk.

"It just prove that Kamoshida ain't anything special" Ryuji remarked, while Morgana got ready.

"Alright guys! One more push!" Morgana said, with Ren nodding "Yeah, let's go for an all out attack!".

All three then rushed in before jumping into the air, attack the shadow in all directions before dahsing past him.

All three then struck a pose, with Ren fixing his glove, Ryuji doing a rock out sign and Morgana crossing his arms with a grin.

Behind them we see energy in Eligor burst out before he exploded behind them.

End song

"Alright! Kamoshida it's your tu-" Ryuji said, before spotting Kamoshida gone "HE'S GONE?!".

"Coward to the end I see, probably went to get more guards" Ren said, crossing his arms as Ryuji growled.

"Damn it, I'm gonna walk up to that dicks face an-gah!" Ryuji gulped, before falling down.

"You used up too much of your energy, if we fight him as we are now we'd be done for" Morgana stated, before turning to the door on the left of the room "For now you should take our chance to escape".

"Wha-?! But Kamoshida '' Ryuji said, as Ren looked at him "Remember what Morgana said, anything done here has no impact on the real world".

"That's right, anyway go in there and head to the library there should be an air vent that'll take you out of the building, then all you have to do is leave" Morgana explained.

"But what about you? Aren't you coming?" Ren asked, as the cat grinned.

"I got my own thing to do around here, but if I need your guys' help again I'll come find you. You owe me remember" Morgana said, as Ren nodded.

"Sure thing, now come on Ryuji" Ren said, helping the exhausted Ryuji up as they head to the air vent.

"Those guys have a lot more potential then I expected, especially Frizzy hair" Morgana said, before smirking "If my judgement's right, he could become very useful".

Chapter Text

Shujin Academy

Third person P.O.V.

In the middle of Shujin Academy we see everything still frozen due to the effects of the app, everyone only moving extremely slowly.

However the people started moving faster until reverting back to normal, and as this happened we see Ren and Ryuji leaving the school, with their clothes back to normal.

"Woah! We're back!" Ryuji said, looking around before looking back at the school "And shujins back to normal too!".

"Our clothes are back to normal too… but the wounds are still there" Ren noted, looking out their outfits and the small bruises "How long were we in there for?".

"Woah, barely an hour" Ryuji said, with a blink "Felt like we were in there for a week",

"Remember what Morgana, time moves slower in that space then real world…which could be useful" Ren said, whispering the last part "Guess we can't call it a dream".

"Yeah you're right…but now I'm amped!" Ryuji grinned, pumping his fist "I can't wait to put Kamoshida in his pla-huh".

Suddenly they felt their stomachs rumbling before they looked at each other and started laughing.

"Man I'm freaking starving, I still owe you a meal right? Let's go" Ryuji said, as he walked back Ren who sweatdropped.

"Uh dude, aren't you forgetting something" Ren asked, as Ryuji looked back at him.

"Huh? What are you-ah!" Ryuji blinked, before jumping "Oh crud my wallet! I'll be right back!".

Ren watched Ryuji running back into the school as he waited outside for his companion.

But as he waited, the scene moved along in fast forward, moving faster and faster until the scene changed back into the interrogation room.

In front of him was Sae, as she leaned back inside taking in the information she had taken.

"So you wounded up in that 'world', which was where people's distorted desires to manifest, unintentionally and there you awoke to that odd power of yours as a way to survive from your first victims own distorted self image" Sae repeated what Ren had just said

"And on top of that there was another person with a cat-like quirk that somehow managed to get in that assisted you in escaping?".

"Believe what you want…it's all true" Ren frowned, looking down while rubbing his head.

"Honestly speaking that all sounds absurd, how you somehow came upon this power accidentally through and odd app without someone making it, there would be no doubt that it was all a lie if not for some of the details about you we've seen, like how your Awoken power somehow altered and strengthened your Quirk" Sae said, to herself before looking into Ren's eyes.

"But that still doesn't explain why you started doing these Phantom Thieves actions in the first place…why did you not report these claims to the Heroes, what encouraged you to take a stand against this Kamoshida in the first place" Sae asked, as Ren closed his eyes remembering what happened that day.

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

Shibuya

Ore no beko

Third person P.O.V.

In a restaurant in Shibuya, we see Ren and Ryuji eating on the stand some of the restaurant's signature beef bowl dishes.

"So I gotta ask man" Ryuji said, while having some of the food in his mouth before quickly swallowing "You're on probation right? What'd ya do? Some crime or something".

"Huh, this is kinda sudden" Ren said, while Ryuji shrugged "I mean, I just thought since you're up to speed on all of my baggage I wanted to try hearing your backstory so c'mon, lay it all out man".

Ren stayed quiet for a few moments staring at his food before sighing "Alright…it was dark night and I was heading back home from the store, picking up some stuff for my grandparents…on my way back, I heard some commotion so I went to see what the noise was about".

"When I got there I saw this drunk guy harassing a lady, forcing her to get into the car…I couldn't sit around and do nothing so I stepped into to try and help her but I barely touched the guy when he tripped and he hit his head off the road right when the police came" Ren said, closing my eyes.

"He said that I suddenly assaulted him and got the police to arrest me, I hoped the woman would explain…but she didn't do anything…and I was arrested, later I was put on trial and placed on probation for the next 12 months…I was already set on leaving at the time and was going to go to my dream school…but when they heard what happened, they turned down my submission and I was forced to find another one, Shujin was the only school with a Hero course that would accept me…you know the rest".

Ren sighed and frowned, not liking the feelings he would get whenever he would think back to that night "Sniff, No way…".

"Huh" Ren blinked, before looking over at Ryuji with tears welling up in his eyes.

"That's so messed up man, you weren't the one that hurt her but you took the fall!" Ryuji cried, while eating up his food.

"I get you, you couldn't just walk away from something like that, you had to do something, that's what a real Hero would do…but still now everyone treats you like the villain, this shitty system! It's the worse" Ryuji said, with a determined look as Ren stared at him with a surprised look.

"Ryuji…" Ren said, before Ryuji placed his hand on Ren's shoulder "From here on out I'm on your side, ya hear".

"A-Are you sure? They'd probably start including you in those rumours" Ren asked, with a worried look.

"Meh it's nothing different, by the way where'd you learn those sweet moves back in the Palace?" Ryuji asked, as Ren blinked.

"What are you talking about? You felt it too right, you felt lighter weight and stuff after awakening" Ren said, but Ryuji shook his head.

"No I get that but… how did you know how to do all those moves? I don't even think the students starting out in other heroes' schools would be able to move around as well as you do" Ryuji asked, while eating his food.

"Ah that," Ren said, while taking from his food "Ah well there used to be a hero back in my home town you see, he's basically the towns mayor and is the one who decides everything and ever since I developed my Quirk he really wanted me to become a hero, and let me tell you the training was…rough".

"Woah, like what?" Ryuji asked, as Ren smirked, "Well for my sixth birthday I was dropped in the middle of the forest and forced to make my own way back".

"Yikes, sounds like you've had it pretty rough, guess that's what it takes to become a hero" Ryuji said, as Ren looked away slightly.

"Yeah… a hero…" Ren mumbled, himself before noticing Ryuji some toppings on his wish "Huh?".

"C'mon dude you've barely touched your meal" Ryuji said, putting some of the ginger on his dash making Ren sweatdrop.

"Uh it's fine dude, I can do it myself" Ren said, only for Ryuji to grin "Just let me do this for ya- oh yeah!".

Ryuji then proceeded to take out his phone before looking over at Ren "Give me your number, chat ID too".

"Oh yeah, we should probably do that," Ren said, as the two proceeded to exchange phone numbers and chat IDs.

"Just you wait Kamoshida" Ryuji said, with a smirk on his face "We're gonna start right away tomorrow, let's hit up those guys that were being treated as slaves in the castle, we have the Hero rally tomorrow so we got some free time".

"Oh yeah I keep hearing about that, what exactly is this Hero Rally?" Ren asked, as Ryuji blinked.

"That's right, you wouldn't know. It's basically an event they do where the best students in the Hero Classes get to try their skills against Kamoshida, they even get to use hero items and stuff" Ryuji said, as Ren sighed.

"Sounds more like he wants to fill his ego by showing how much better he is then everybody else" Ren noted, as Ryuji nodded.

"You got it right on the money, they even invited some high class heroes to attend probably so Kamoshida could show off all his cool teachings" Ryuji said, while Ren crossed his arms.

"Doubt it'd work though, I've seen their training and it kinda sucks" Ren said, with a sweatdrop "Imagine if he had me be one of those guys".

"Nah, he'd probably only pick people he knows he can beat down," Ryuji said, before shrugging as Ren ate more of his food.

"Oh yeah by the way, what's your Quirk?" Ren asked, making Ryuji blink "Huh, mine? Well it's special, I can just build up a static charge when I run",

"Huh must have been tricky in the track team" Ren said, as Ryuji nodded "You know it man, have to wear special shoes to keep from shocking people, if only it was a cooler one like yours".

"Mines just a gun, it's not that impressive" Ren shrugged, before checking the time.

"Ah crap baskets, I gotta move, '' Ren said, quickly getting up and picking up his bag.

"Huh? Guess it is pretty late, I'll shoot you a text later then" Ryuji said, with a wave with Ren waving back before leaving the restaurant.

"Okay, hopefully I won't get lost again" Ren said to himself before walking to the train station while stretching a bit but as he did he passed by two familiar people, Akechi and Sae.

Akechi stopped for only a moment as he looked back at Ren which Sae noticed "Is something wrong".

"Hm, oh nothing just thought I saw someone I recognised but he's much too young" Akechi said, waving it off before the two continued walking while talking about the case.

Leblanc

Third person P.O.V.

"You're late…" Sojiro said, with a stern look on his face as Ren rolled his eyes "Where have you been, I've been waiting for long past closing time".

"Yeah yeah, sorry about that" Ren said, with a different tone "Went for food after school and kinda lost track of time, plus the hero classes were a biiiiiitch".

"You seem… different" Sojiro noted, looking at Ren "Before you were all quiet and reserved, but now…something happened".

"Hmm? Well I guess I made some friends" Ren said, leaning over the counter "There's Ryuji, and I guess I can call Sumi a friend".

"A girl? Heh, maybe you're not as similar to you dad as I thought" Sojiro said, with a smirk but Ren waved it off.

"It's not like that, I helped her friend from a hero school out by offering my seat to him on the train, since he seemed pretty exhausted" Ren explained "As thanks she offered me some of her huge lunch, since I forgot mine…speaking of which I might need to use the kitchen to make some food for myself".

Sojiro raised an eyebrow before shrugging "Fair enough, just try to keep out of trouble, I already have to report to your probation officer twice a month so don't you go and start making more trouble for me".

"Oh come on man, I just got back dude give a poor guy a break" Ren groaned, annoying Sojiro.

"You listen here! This society is kept in check by laws and authority figures! So don't you go dragging anyone else into your business! The last thing we need is more idiots like you going around thinking they can do whatever they want just because of their Quirk '' Sojiro said, as Ren gripped his hand in annoyance and was about to say something when Sojiro's phone started ringing.

"Hm? What's wrong?" Sojiro asked, as he placed his phone onto his ear "Yeah, I'm heading out now…sorry bout that…I know the usual right?".

'They way he's talking…is he talking to a girl?' Ren thought, as Sojiro finished up his call.

"I'm going to bed…" Ren said, as he grabbed his bag and headed to the stairs as Sojiro looked up at him.

"Maybe I was a bit too hard on him…." Sojiro said, rubbing his head before sighing and heading out of the cafe while locking up.

Meanwhile in his room we see Ren currently asleep, but he was tossing and turning in his bed clearly having an odd dream.

Velvet Room

Third person P.O.V.

"Huh, this place again…" Ren mumbled, as laid on his cell bed back in the dirty prison uniform while wearing the cuffs around his body.

"On your feet inmate!" "Our master is waiting" Ren heard, looking over at Caroline banging his cell door with her baton while Justine looked at him with an annoyed expression.

'I swear to god I am going to throw that out of her hands' Ren thought, before getting up and walking towards the jail's door.

"So you have managed to awaken to your Persona, unlocked your potential as a wild card user and have managed to awaken your allies Persona much quicker than expected, quite impressive" Igor said, as Caroline looked at him.

"Our master is giving your words of praise so you better be thankful" Caroline said, making Ren roll his eyes.

"So wait, did you have something to do with us awakening to that power?" Ren asked, as Igor shook his head.

"I did not, that was entirely your own effort all I did was give you the opportunity" Igor explained, making Ren look down.

"An opportunity?" Ren questioned, looking down before his eyes widened "The app! So that was your doing".

"Hmm, seems he's a lot smarter than he looks" Justine said, making Ren sweatdrop.

"Indeed, I expect that power will aid you quite nicely in your rehabilitation" Igor said, with a grin.

"But you still haven't explained to me! What is it you want me to do" Ren asked, as Igor shook his head.

"You will understand when the time comes, everything is for your rehabilitation after all" Igor explained, making Ren frown knowing he wasn't going anywhere with him

"Fine, but can you explain what this Wild card ability is? Does it have to do with me getting Pixie" Ren asked, making Igor smirk.

"Indeed, it is a rare talent that you possess and it will continue to grow the more connections that you make," Igor said, before Ren started getting dizzy.

"So use your Persona and fight or let yourself be-" Igor said, as Ren fell back to sleep

Train Station

Third person P.O.V.

The next day we see Ren at the train station waiting for his train to come by, but as he did he couldn't help but think back to the dream.

'So I was right…Igor was the one who made the app…but why did it give it to me…was it because I have this 'wild card' ability, but how did I get it…and why exactly did i-' "Ah sorry!".

Ren blinked, before looking over to see who had bumped into him and was surprised to see the girl Ann was with, Shiho Suzui.

"Huh? Oh no, it was my fault. I was busy thinking about stuff" Ren said, waving it off as Shiho blinked.

"Wait…you're the boy from the hero course, the one with the record?" She asked, making Ren blink.

"Do I stand out that much?" Ren said, with a confused look.

"Well Kazari-kun boasting about how he was going to beat you kinda helped" She said, surprised Ren.

"Wait…you were there, I totally didn't notice you" Ren said, as she nodded "Yeah I tend to get that effect, oh but I'm glad I ran into you there's something I wanted to ask you, could you help train me?".

"Train you?" Ren questioned, with a raised eyebrow as she nodded.

"Yeah well after the…'extra lessons', I noticed Jiro had actually taken your words to heart and I was wondering if you could help me out with my Quirk too," Shiho asked, as Ren put his hand to his mouth.

"Well I've had a lot of stuff on my plate recently, but I'll consider it," Ren said, making Shiho smile a bit.

"Oh and um, about those Rumours…don't let them get to you alright" Shiho said, surprising Ren before he smiled.

"I don't plan to, I'm not going to regret helping someone" Ren said, before the two got on the train.

"Excuse me you two" The two heard, looking over to see a very skinny man, with long blonde hair with blue eyes wearing a baggy white shirt and baggy trousers walking up to them "You two are from Shujin yeah?".

"O-Oh u-um, y-yes" Shihou said, a bit intimidated by his appearance as Ren nodded.

"Why do you ask?" Ren asked, as he smiled and rubbed his head.

"Not scared of my look, that's a first" He said, with a smile "I was invited over there but I'm not exactly sure of the way".

"Don't tell me are you the hero that's supposed to be coming over" Ren asked, making the man laugh.

"Hahaha! Keh!" he said, coughing a bit of blood surprising the two "S-Sorry about that, but no nothing like that".

As they walked in the man noticed the bandages on Shiho's arms and legs making him raise an eyebrow.

School Gym

Third person P.O.V.

"Oh you made it!" Ryuji said, in his tracksuit as Ren walked up to him in his own Tracksuit which was red in colours with white down the arms and legs, with a white shirt underneath.

"Yo" Ren said, with a wave as he walked up to Ryuji who moved up close.

"Okay so I looked around, looks like all the hero course members are here. We should go up to them one by one" Ryuji suggested, with Ren nodding.

"That's a good idea, but we should probably wait until later. They'd probably be in the gym by now" Ren said, with Ryuji nodding "Good, plus we'd get to see the schedule as well".

With a plan the two partners made their way over to the school gym, to see the start of the relay and see who the guest was, but they didn't expect just who it'd turn out to be.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I AM HERE! COMING THROUGH THIS CURTAIN!" A loud and inspiring laugh was heard, as they saw the number one hero, All Might, walking through the curtain.

All Might was a massive man with an equally muscular and well-defined physique, his design that looked like a Western comic book superhero.

He has chiselled features on his face with a strong jawline, pronounced cheekbones, and bushy eyebrows. He has short blond hair, swept backward, with two distinct tufts sticking above his head, leaning slightly to each side. His robust features regularly cast a dark shadow over his face, hiding everything but his bright blue eyes.

His hero costume consisted of a skin-tight blue bodysuit decorated with a red symbol that somewhat resembles a "Y", designed with a white diamond at its centre, with white lines connected to it that trace from his chest to his back shoulders; the lines trimmed with the aforementioned red symbol.

The symbol appeared to have wings on the side that ran from atop his torso before ending around his back, over which a similar red and white design was absent of the white diamond. Large white patches lined with red covered each side of his hips before ending at his lower thighs, and he wore a gold belt with a silver buckle with red eyes. His forearm sleeves were coloured in gold; each had white lines covered in blue accents over his wrists, spiked fins on the sides of his arms, and his feet were covered in shin-length gold boots trimmed with white and red accents.

"Greetings! Boys and Girls of Shujin academy! You must be quite surprised to see that I am here to see you all!" All Might said, as the students began cheering and smiling with excitement.

"Holy shit… it really is him, r-right?" Ryuji asked, not sure if this was real or not as Ren nodded.

"Y-Yeah, the number one hero All Might" Ren gulped, feeling the pressure as he saw the number one hero in person.

"Now now All Might, enough with the usual routine I still remember back when you were still a rookie after all" Kamoshida said, before patting All Might's chest.

'Trying to take back the attention huh?' Ren thought, with a frown on his face as Kamoshida turned to the students.

"Now considering how well our hero classes have been going lately, I have managed to get the assistance of U.A. to allow the students to test their skills against actual U.A. training robots, well smaller scale ones" Kamoshida said, with a smug smirk.

"That's right, we'll be having the best of you hero students to test your skills against these drones! And whoever can defeat every single drone will get a magnificent prize! Here is that list now" All Might said, before pressing a button as they saw a holographic projection of a list.

"Dude look" Ryuji said, as Ren looked before his eyes widened.

"My name is there…" he said, before noticing that Shiho's name was missing before he looked over at Shiho with a shocked expression.

School courtyard

Third person P.O.V.

"This is total bullshit!" Ryuji yelled, kicking the wall as he and Ren stood in the courtyard.

"Ryuji c'mon, getting angry isn't going to do anything" Ren said, as Ryuji turned to him.

"Why aren't you more mad! The only reason he put you in there was to humiliate you" Ryuji yelled, as Ren sighed.

"I'm more worried about the other guys, he must have some pretty big confidence in his students if he thinks they can take on robots in ways they've never fought before" Ren said, crossing his arms.

"Anyway now we have some time before your match so now we should go for the strike" Ryuji suggested, as Ren nodded "Yeah, good idea".

The two then proceeded to head into the school building so that they could meet with the students that were preparing for their match or weren't entered.

"Hey you're in the hero course right? We wanted to ask you something" Ryuji asked, as he and Ren walked up to one of the students who had a bruise on his face.

"S-Sakamoto a-and the Transfer student? W-What do you two want" He asked, sounding a bit tense, which Ren didn't blame him for.

"Yesterday after the matches some of you guys were taken by Kamoshida for extra lessons, now so many of you are injured, can you tell us what's going on?" Ren asked, with a concerned look.

"Yeah, he calls it extra lessons but he's actually abusing you guys right!" Ryuji asked, making the boy's eyes widen.

"I-I have no idea w-what youre talking about! J-Just leave me alone" The student said, before running away.

"What the heck?! He couldn't tell us anything" Ryuji growled, as Ren crossed his arms "Well at least we know something is happening".

The rest of the day wasn't much better, as the two of them walked around to ask the other Hero Course student and found the same reactions of the students more or less running away from them, not even Kazari-kun would spill the beans.

"This is bullshit! Why isn't anyone saying anything! Are they just fine with being abused!" Ryuji yelled, punching the wall as Ren crossed his arms.

"Everyone must be scared of what Kamoshida will do to them, like they're on a leash," Ren said, before realising something. "Come to think of it, I don't think I saw any girls back in the palace…maybe it's only the guys getting abused…".

"Oh yeah, maybe they'd be more willing to talk" Ryuji said, crossing his arms "But I don't think any of them would wanna talk to us, you know anyone?".

"Hmm…yeah I think I got an idea" Ren said, before proceeding to tell Ryuji what had happened this morning.

Meanwhile next to the vending machines we see Shiho sitting on the bench with Ann next to her.

"Sorry for asking you out here like this Ann…" Shiho said, with a depressed tone in her voice but Ann shook her head "Nah, don't worry about it Shiho".

"It's just…I haven't been sleeping that well lately…whenever I close my eyes I keep thinking these nasty thoughts… and now that I didn't get into the relay…" Shiho frowned, making Ann smile.

"Hey don't worry about it, besides it's not like it's your fault…it has to be that transfer students fault…" Ann said, but Shiho shook her head "No…he doesn't seem like a bad person…to be honest he actually seems really helpful…the reason for this was me…".

"Hey, don't like that Shiho! Besides who cares about a little relay, your hero licensing exam is only a few months away" Ann said, just trying to support her friend while Shiho frowned "Yeah but…should someone like me really be a hero…"

"Don't worry, just be confident in yourself! Your skills and your Quirk have already been recognized. It's all because you work harder than anyone else'' Ann smiled, with a grin.

"Yeah…my Quirk is the only thing I'm good at…" Shiho nodded, making Ann frown "Shiho…".

Ann then shook her head before looking back at her friend "More importantly, how is your injury? It looked pretty swollen".

"It's nothing, I just have to keep trying and I know I can be as strong as you are" Shiho said, making Ann perk up "Yeah! Don't worry Shiho, I'll always have your back".

Shiho smiled before feeling a vibration and checking her phone "Oh…Mr Kamoshida wants to see me after the event".

"D-Don't worry about it! I bet he's just going to explain why he didn't put you on the list" Ann smiled, with uncertainty in her voice "How about on the weekend we got out and got something to eat!".

"Y-Yeah thanks, well I'm gonna go and practice" Shiho said, getting up with Ann nodding "Yeah! Good luck!"

Ann smiled as she watched her friend turning the corner but then raised an eyebrow when she heard Shiho talking to someone.

"S-Sakamoto and…Amamiya-kun? W-What is it?" Shiho asked, a little worried but Ren just smiled.

"It's nothing we just wanted to ask you something" Ren said, as she gulped "W-Well alright".

"We heard some rumours about the Hero Course and Kamoshida, what does he do to you guys during those 'Extra lessons'" Ryuji asked, making Shiho's eyes widen.

"Mr…Kamoshida…" Shiho said, looking down and was about to say something but then shut her mouth "I-I have to go!".

"H-Hey wait!" Ryuji said, watching as Shiho ran off. The two of them were about to follow him but then Ann came up.

"Shiho! What did you two do to her!" Ann yelled, making Ryuji blink "Calm down, we just wanted to ask her something".

"You were asking about Mr Kamoshida weren't you! And you too Transfer student! Why are you suddenly all buddy buddy with Sakamoto and doing all this stuff on your second day" Ann yelled, walking up to Ren as he blinked.

"We just wanted to know some stuff? Like why everyone looked injured" Ren explained, while Ryuji crossed his arms.

"...I see. I getcha. You're all buddy-buddy with Kamoshida after all." Ryuji said, only for Ann to glare at Ryuji.

"This has nothing to do with him, Sakamoto!" Ann yelled, as Ryuji glared at him.

"If you found out what he's been doin' behind your back, you'd dump him right away." Ryuji yelled, making Ren raise an eyebrow at that.

"Behind my back...? What's that supposed to mean?" Ann questioned, only for Ryuji to look at Ren and then back. "You wouldn't get it."

"Anyway, people are already talking about you two. I don't know what you're trying to accomplish, but nobody's gonna help you." she said, turning around before looking back at Ren "I'm warning you, just in case. That's all."

She turned and walked away from them as Ryuji growled "Why's she gotta be so aggressive all the time?"

"You know her?" Ren asked, making Ryuji sigh "Yeah kinda, we went to the same middle school together".

Ren then felt a vibration before checking his phone and frowning "Shit…looks like it's my turn".

"For real? Already?" Ryuji said, as Ren sighed "No other choice, you keep asking people and I'll go head to the gym".

"Alright…" Ryuji said, before frowning "But who else is there I can ask…oh wait, there's that guy…".

Changing room

Third person P.O.V.

"Phew" Ren said, now changed into the special made combat uniform supplied by U.A.

From what he heard nobody had managed to beat the course yet, Kazari-kun was the closest but even he couldn't get past it.

"God this is going to be hell…" Ren mumbled, as he looked over the Hero items that he was allowed to use for the practice.

"Hmm, it'll be a hassle if I brought too many, '' Ren mumbled to himself before he noticed a certain item.

"A Hookshot?" He blinked, looking at them which was a glove with a chain wrapped around the arms and a blade on a mechanism on the wrist.

"This might work well with my style" Ren said, equipping the Hero item as well as grabbing a few smaller items like smoke bombs and taser plates.

"Hmm, not bad" he said, looking at his items before striking a few poses including pointing his finger gun but something was odd.

"A ring?" Ren questioned, and as he said, included with the small blue ball was a glowing ring around it and when he added his middle finger to the finger gun the ring grew bigger "Hmm…no, I don't have time to question it".

Ren sighed before shaking his head "Even if I don't win…I can at least try my best, maybe even show why Kamoshida's training sucks.

"Alright…it's showtime" Ren said, with a serious look before leaving the gym.

Meanwhile in the Gym we see several students on the bleachers, chatting and talking away.

The battle ground was still the mountainous arena but this time had a barrier surrounding it with several battle drones wandering the arena.

All Might was sitting among the teachers they did attend, including Principal Kobayakawa and Kamoshida.

"Quite the excellent show Kamoshida" Kobayakawa said, as Kamoshida smiled "Hehe, well they are my students we've all worked very hard last year".

'And yet none of them have done that well' All Might taught, looking over at Kamoshida.

He had already heard the rumours about his old senpai and the school, with the amount of injuries to the students it wouldn't surprise them if they were true but still Kamoshida was never like this the last time they met and it's not like the school had the same recovery tech as U.A.

"Ah! Here comes the next competitor…oh…" Kobayakawa said, with a frown catching All Might's attention.

"Hmm?" All Might hummed, with a raised eyebrow before looking only to be surprised at Ren walking into the field "That boy…".

"Oh you mean the transfer student? Don't expect anything from him, especially with his record" Kamoshida sighed, catching All Might's attention.

"Record? You mean he has a criminal record" All Might asked, looking over at his old Senpai, the boy didn't seem like someone who would have one especially since he accepted his skinny form without being freaked out.

"Indeed, though I am surprised that you let him on the list Kamoshida" Kobayakawa said, as Kamoshida smirked.

"Well he managed to win against one of the best students here, by sheer luck of course, so I thought maybe going against a real threat would make him less cocky, not like his Quirk will do much" Kamoshida explained, as Kobayakawa smiled.

"Excellent idea Kamoshida, this is perfect for his rehabilitation" Kobayakawa smiled, while All Might watched Ren, interested to see what he is really like.

Ren was silent as he walked onto the stadium, already hearing people murmuring about him, questioning why he was even here.

'Don't forget…I'm not gonna let what happened hold me back' he thought, before looking up at his challenge which involved taking down 15 of the many robots around the arena, seemingly simple but these robots were very large and powerful, with the monsters that were destroyed being 10 so far.

'This is going to be a challenge, even for my Quirk…' he thought, looking at his hand before gripping it 'But I can only do my best'.

After the timer went off, Ren was the first to move quickly taking cover and dodging the shots made from the robots.

"Okay looks like I'll need to take one out at a time." he said, looking around before spotting a lone robot in the distance.

"I'll probably need multiple shots so let's take one at a-woah" Ren yelped, as instead of a single energy bullet being shot almost a dozen was blasted at the robot destroying it.

"W-What?!" Kamoshida gasped, watching as the robot was destroyed by a single attack which caught All Might and Kobayakawa's attention.

"U-Uh nothing, just was surprised is all" Kamoshida said, before sitting down with a serious look, after all Ren's quirk didn't show nearly enough strength, especially not enough to blow up a U.A. robot in one go.

"That's…new?" Ren blinked, slowly getting up and looking at his hand, his Quirk always worked by pressing his palm and firing a bullet but this time it was way more bullets he ever shot in one go.

"It really has changed" Ren said, as he attempted to test it out again "What hell happened to my Qui-".

"But a fair warning, what you went through was a complete awakening, it's not just an awakening of your Persona".

"Was this what he meant… did awakening the Persona, power up my Quirk?" he said, before adding in another finger.

"Well might as well see what two fingers does" he said, aiming at another robot head not noticing a drone sneaking up behind.

"Here goes nothing-woah?!" Ren said, firing again but this time the bullet didn't go straight and instead moved behind him towards the robot causing the robot to explode.

"I didn't even notice that?!" he blinked in surprise, so two fingers would go for the nearest enemy to him? That was…amazing!.

"Wow! My Quirk's not just powered up! It's remixed! This is amazing" Ren smiled, as he looked back at the robot before ripping one of the sharp legs.

"And I can use this for a Knife for Melee, which was surprisingly not that bad back in the Palace" Ren said, looking at his 'knife' before hearing movement.

"Ah right, probably got their attention" he said, readying his hook shot before firing at the structure above him.

The hook shot then pulled him up to the top of the structure only to be met by five more flying drones all aiming "OH COME ON!"

"Dang, he fell into the same trap as the others" "Guess he wasn't all that great after all" "But his Quirk totally makes sense for a villain like him" "Yeah! When are they going to kick him out".

Ren sweatdrops at the comments while looking up at the robots aiming their charging weapons at him, trying to figure out how to get out of this.

"Senpai! I know you can do this!"

Ren's eyes widened as he glanced over at Sumi who was cheering for him even when the rest of the students were talking shit about him.

"Yeah…I almost forgot" Ren said, gripping his hand before looking up "IT'S SHOWTIME!".

Ren grinned before taking out the small taser devices and throwing them at the drones, shocking their systems which was followed by Ren running towards the robots before slipping off the structure.

Everyone gasped at that, Ren falling off and potentially injuring himself or worse but then a hook shot was fired at the roof.

"Did you really think I'd do that?" Ren smirked, as he swung around behind the robots while aiming his finger at him.

He then proceeded to fire rapid shots at the robots side, destroying all five drones at once, shocking the students even more.

Ren then noticed the rest of the robots firing away at him, but Ren only smirked as he brought the grappling hook back to him.

He then began spinning in place, allowing him to dodge the shots that were fired at him as he began landing towards one of the robots.

Taking out the knife Ren proceeded to stab the robot right in the eye camera, before jumping back and finishing with another energy shot causing the robot to explode.

He then looked over to see the rest of the robots already aiming their weapons at him and charging up.

"Well might as well try this out" he said, as he placed both hands together into a two finger gun.

This allowed him to charge up an especially large energy ball that continued growing bigger, which started to worry the students watching him.

Even when the robots did fire, the beams were only absorbed into the energy ball making it bigger and bigger.

"W-With something that big! He can blow up the whole gym?!" Kobayakawa yelled, as Kamoshida growled.

"Damn it! I knew he was crazy but not this crazy! I'll have to reign him in!" Kamoshida yelled, but All Might stood up as well "Huh?".

"I don't think so old buddy, I think you might be surprised" All Might stated, with a grin as they looked at Ren.

"FIRE!" Ren yelled, before firing the energy ball and getting knocked back due to the kickback.

The energy flew towards the ground but as it did it began splitting apart into about 25-30 different shots which all moved around, destroying each of the robots on the ground.

The students and teachers were shocked at this display, before Ren ended it with a spin and pulling his gloved hand.

"Show's over!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! A FINE DISPLAY!" He heard, before All Might jumped from the stand down to him. "Your report doesn't give your Quirk enough credit, who would have thought you'd be able to use it in such a variety of ways".

"Hahahahahaha, w-well yes we sure did work hard! It's all thanks to my training, isn't that right Amamiya" Kamoshida smiled, but Ren pushed him away.

"I literally met you yesterday dude, back off" Ren said, pushing Kamoshida away a bit which annoyed him.

"But yeah, I don't really know what happened, my Quirk just suddenly changed out of nowhere…it was normal yesterday but now…" Ren said, looking at his hands trying to figure it out.

"Hmm, I think this is known as a Quirk Awakening, it's rare but it basically changes how your Quirk works after you go through something challenge" All Might guessed, before looking at Ren "Tell me young man, have you gone through anything Physically or Mentally challenging recently?".

"Uuuuuuuuuhhhhh…" Ren mumbled, thinking back to how he ripped off his metaphorical face while laughing like a madman "...No…"

"Hmm well you surely have great potential to become a fine hero one day" All Might said, with a large grin.

"A hero…yeah…" Before coming to the school, Ren would have been elated seeing the number one hero saying this to him…but now, after seeing how this society failed him and awakening to his spirit of rebellion…the title of hero just felt like it didn't fit for him anymore.

"Well anyway, here is your prize" All Might said, before handing him some tickets "VIP tickets to the U.A. Sports festival for you and three of your friends!".

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHH?!" The students screamed out in complete and total shock.

"O-Oh, oh!" Ren blinked, honestly surprised how big the prize was but then a thought came to his mind as he looked behind him to see literally every student looking down at him with gleaming eyes.

'I…may have a fucked up…' Ren thought, with a sweatdrop as he looked back down at the tickets.

Meanwhile Kamoshida was glaring down at Ren with a look of disgust, how can some criminal be better then all of the students he was personally training and not only that, but claim to say he had nothing to do with it… looks like he was going to need to 'relieve' some of this stress.

School Roof

Third person P.O.V.

"DUDE! THAT WAS FREAKING AMAZING!" Ryuji yelled, excitedly as the two hung out on the school roof away from the students trying to get Ren's attention for the tickets.

"It was nothing, we did way more stuff in the palace" Ren said, waving it off before getting serious "By the way, you find anyone yet?".

"No, I tried one person, Mishima but he said some real bad shit" Ryuji explained, making Ren raise an eyebrow "What did he say?".

"He said everyone already knows, the parents, the teachers and even the principal, they just don't care. All they want is for the students to get a recommendation from Kamoshida for the Hero course to increase the schools image" Ryuji explained, surprising Ren.

"What but that's fucked up!" Ren yelled, as Ryuji turned to him "I know right! And it looks like nobody else is going to say anything either, shit what are we meant to do".

"We can't exactly get help from the Heroes or the Police, they'd call us crazy if we told them about the Metaverse…" Ren mumbled, closing his eyes "If only taking down the king would do something".

"Looks like you got the right idea".

The two blinked looking around with Ryuji raising an eyebrow "You say something?".

"Hey down here!" Following the voice, they were surprised to see a Black Cat surprising the two.

"T-The cat's talking?!" Ryuji yelled, even for a society of super powers this was especially weird.

"I am not a cat! This just happened when I came to this world! You two gave a lot of trouble trying to find you." The cat yelled, catching Ren's attention.

"Wait that voice…is that you Morgana!" Ren gasped, making the cat smirk "The one and only".

"Wait hold up! How did you get to our world! Do you got a phone?!" Ryuji yelled, as Morgana looked at him "Of course not, I just left the sameway you two bozo's did".

"But anyway, I heard you two are having some trouble with the king so I think our two goals may work hand in hand" Morgana smirked, making Ryuji blink "What do you mean".

"Simple, its what this guy said earlier, we need to attack his castle" Morgana said, as Ryuji looked at him confused "What do you mean?"

"The Palace is connected to his heart right, so if it disappears then it would impact Kamoshida greatly and if his manifestation of his distorted were to go then…" Morgana said, with Ren realising it.

"Then his desires would go too!" Ren gasped, making Morgana smirk "Percisely, you sure pick up things fast".

"For real?! H-He's gonna turn good!" Ryuji gasped, with a smile before realising something "But…is that really getting back at him".

"Erasing a Palace essentially means forcing someone to have a change of heart, without a Palace to boost his desire all the guilt he has pushed away will come crashing down onto him and being unable to bare the weight he'll confess those crimes himself" Morgana explained, as Ryuji smiled.

"For real! That's possible!" Ryuji yelled, with Ren nodding "Yeah, that seems almost too good to be true".

"And he won't even know what we did, pretty amazing huh? All we have to do is steal the treasure held deep within the Palace" Morgana explained, as Ren raised an eyebrow "His Treasure?".

"I'll tell you once you agree, so how about" Morgana asked, as Ryuji and Ren looked at each other.

"Well out looks running out with the witnesses, so why not" Ryuji said, with Ren closing his eyes and thinking about it.

"But wait, what happens after we get rid of his Palace, it is his desire so are you saying we'll erase it completely?" Ren asked, making Morgana frown.

"Ah you figured that part out" Morgana said, with a frown."If we do this, Kamoshida will lose the desire to survive, he would no longer want to sleep, eat, fall in love those types of things…he'd essentially be an empty husk and shut down completely…they might even die if they're not cared for properly".

"Holy shit!" Ryuji yelled, stepping back "They might die?! I know I hate the guy but to kill him is…".

"Your right, I don't want to kill him" Ren said, shaking his head even after everything Kamoshida has done he doesn't deserve this.

"Hah, I figured you guys would act like that, but this is your only option" Morgana said, looking up at them "I'll give you some time to think about it, then tell me your answer tomorrow".

The two watched Morgana leaving before looked at each other with conflicted expressions on their faces.

Shibuya

Third Person P.O.V.

We see Ren getting off the train after school, the Morgana told him were still in his mind.

'I know what Kamoshida is doing is unforgivable…does it mean he deserves to die…' Ren thought, a frown on his face.

'Not only that…but if we actually did it…we'd be not better then him in the end…' Ren thought, before looking up 'What am I meant to do…'.

"Wait, what?! That's not what you promised!"

Ren blinked, before looking over at the familiar Ann Takamaki talking on the phone with someone.

"And you call yourself a teacher?! This has nothing to do with Shiho!" Ann yelled, making Ren blink.

'A teacher…and Shiho…does she mean Kamoshida' Ren thought, before walking up.

He was then surprised when she looked stunned and her arm dropped. She crouched down, tucking her head into herself. "Shiho's dream…"

"H-Hey…are you..." Ren asked, catching Ann's attention as he looked over at him allowing Ren to see the tears welling up in her eyes.

"W-Were you listening to me" She asked, standing up as Ren rubbed his head "Uh not on purpose…sorry".

"Haven't you heard of privacy?" She scoffed, before pushing her irritation away with a deep sigh "No, sorry I… Just forget this ever happened."

Ren watched as Ann proceeded to run off into the train station, making him frown not wanting to leave her alone so he followed her.

"Stop following me! Just leave me alone already!" She yelled, still having tears in her eyes as she looked back at Ren who frowned,

"If you really want me to leave, then I'll leave…but there's clearly something wrong…so I just wanted to know if you wanted to talk" Ren asked, as Ann began slowing down near the cylinder.

. “I- Just leave me alone, I…Why... What the heck…?” she said, sliding down with tears streaming down her face causing some murmurs coming from the people around them.

"We...we should go somewhere safe" Ren suggested, with Ann nodding before the two got up and left.

Chapter Text

Shibuya

Train Station

Third person P.O.V.

We see Ren getting off the train after school, the words Morgana told him were still in his mind.

'I know what Kamoshida is doing is unforgivable…does it mean he deserves to die…' Ren thought, a frown on his face.

'Not only that…but if we actually did it…we'd be not better than him in the end…' Ren thought, before looking up 'What am I meant to do…'.

"I told you! I'm not feeling up to it!".

Ren blinked, before looking over at the familiar Ann Takamaki talking on the phone with someone

"Wait, what?! That's not what you promised! And you call yourself a teacher?! This has nothing to do with Shiho!" Ann yelled, making Ren blink.

'A teacher…and Shiho…does she mean Kamoshida' Ren thought, before walking up.

He was then surprised when she looked stunned and her arm dropped. She crouched down, tucking her head into herself. "Shiho's dream…"

"H-Hey…are you..." Ren asked, catching Ann's attention as he looked over at him allowing Ren to see the tears welling up in her eyes.

"W-What, w-were you listening" She asked, standing up as Ren rubbed his head "Uh not on purpose…sorry".

"Haven't you heard of privacy?" She scoffed, before pushing her irritation away with a deep sigh "No, sorry I… Just forget this ever happened."

Ren watched as Ann proceeded to run off into the train station, making him frown not wanting to leave her alone so he followed her.

"Stop following me! Just leave me alone already!" She yelled, still having tears in her eyes as she looked back at Ren who frowned,

"If you really want me to leave, then I'll leave…but there's clearly something wrong…so I just wanted to know if you wanted to talk" Ren asked, as Ann began slowing down near a cylinder.

"I- Just leave me alone, I…Why... What the heck…?" she said, sliding down with tears streaming down her face causing some murmurs coming from the people around them.

"We...we should go somewhere safe" Ren suggested, with Ann nodding before the two got up and left.

After looking around a bit, Ren having no idea where he was going, the two ended up at Big Bang Burger which was a popular fast food chain.

"I have nothing to say to you…" Ann said, as she sat opposite Ren in the restaurant, nobody else being there except the staff "It was…just an argument".

Ren watched as Ann drank some of her soft drink before swishing around her mouth and blowing out a pink gas which quickly faded 'So that's her Quirk'.

"With Kamoshida?" Ren asked, mostly guessing at this point as he only heard a few pieces of what she's doing but he flinched and seemed to confirm that part.

"So you heard the rumours already huh?" She asked, but Ren shook his head "Not really, just a few bits and pieces".

"Hah…" Ann sighed, as she began messing with the napkin paper "Everybody is saying that we're getting it on…but they're so not true… He kept trying to get my number but he still found a way to call me, and told me to come to his house after school."

As she said this her voice was getting angrier as she gripped the paper "You know what it means?".

"W-What, how can he…I knew about the abuse…but this…why?" Ren said, trying not to rouse suspicion from anyone else with Ann nodding.

"I don't know…. I know I'm not the first he's tried it with and I probably won't be the last, he goes for any student with a figure he has power over…he said if I turn him down…he'd refuse letting my friend attend the Hero licensing exam…her dream she wanted for so long…just gone like that" she explained, her body shaking.

"I've been telling myself this was all for Shiho's sake…but…but…I can't take it anymore" Ann stuttered, as she laid back against her seat.

"I've had enough of this! I hate him but… Shiho's my best friend…she's all I have left in that shitty excuse for a school" Ann cried, tears welling up in her eyes "Please…tell me…what should I do?".

"I…I…I'm not sure…" Ren said, gripping his knees while Ann wiped away her tears.

"Sorry I shouldn't have asked, it's not your problem…" Ann said, before looking down.

"D-Don't be sorry, you're…not the one at fault here" Ren said, making Ann look at him before sighing "Why am I even saying this all to you… I barely even talked to you before…"

"Maybe that's why…, guess Shiho knows how to pick people to trust huh?" Ren said, rubbing his head while Ann nodded.

"Yeah, maybe you're right" Ann smiled, before looking up at Ren "You're a lot weirder than I expected, usually everyone just ignores me…are you really a bad person? I thought you were at first…but after talking to Shiho and seeing you now…".

"Heh, I'm bad to the bone" Ren said, smugly while fixing his glasses making Ann snicker a bit.

"Is that meant to be a joke?...still shoulda known most of them were exaggerations," Ann said, looking to the side "Even when you acted differently…you seemed lonely…like you didn't belong".

"That obvious huh?" Ren said, with a small frown with Ann nodding "We're the same in that regard…maybe that's why it's so easy to talk to you".

"Hah…is there really no way to help Shiho, can't exactly go to the hero's or her reputation will be ruined" Ann said, with a frown "If only Kamoshida would change his mind, like forget about me and everything".

When Ann said this, Morgana echoed through his mind, remembering how Kamoshida would be forced to confess…

"As if something like that could ever happen…" Ann said, as Ren smiled looking up at her "It could happen, you never know".

"Heh, I wasn't looking for a serious answer…but thanks" she said, before getting up and taking her drink as well "I'm gonna head home now. Don't tell anyone what I told you, okay?"

"I'm sorry, what were you saying just now?" Ren jokes, making her snicker a bit.

"Hah, fair enough. Don't worry about me, I'll think of something. Well… Thanks…It's Ann by the way, Takamaki Ann. You can just call me Ann." She said, before leaving as Ren waved her goodbye.

He then frowned, closing his eyes not sure what to do…so many people, including Ann and Shiho, were clearly being abused by Kamoshida and not only physically…and yet no one is doing anything about it, heck the number 1 hero was here today and yet they still did nothing.

Getting up, Ren started leaving the restaurant with drink in his hand as he continued trying to figure out what to do.

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

Shujin Academy

Third person P.O.V.

"Hah…hah…" Shiho sighed, tiredly as we see practising in the now empty gym to try and better her Quirk.

"I have to get better…I have to…I can't…keep relying on her," Shiho said, before hearing the door open.

She then looked over to see one of her classmates walking up to her, with a guilty expression on her face "M-Mishima…".

Mishima was average height with spiky blue hair and brown eyes. He was wearing the Shujin uniform except without the blazar and the arms rolled up.

"S-Suzui-san,um…Mr Kamoshida…he said that he wanted to see you…in his office…" Mishima said, making Suzui's eyes widen.

"D-Do you know…do you know why?" She asked, as MIshima just looked down.

"He um…he didn't say…" he said, before turning around and walking away "I'm sorry…".

Shiho was about to leave but then she got a text from Ann asking to meet up, Shiho typed she couldn't because she had to meet with Kamoshida before heading over to the office.

"Please excuse me sir…" Shiho said, as she walked into Mr Kamsohida's office who had a soft smile on his face "W-What did you need from me…sir…".

"Sorry for calling you out here so suddenly…I thought we could discuss your recent performance in the Hero course" He said, before getting serious "Let's just say there is a reason why I had to cut you from today's relay".

"I-I know sir…b-but I've been making preparations to improve…t-the transfer student is even considering helping to tutor me with my Quirk, l-like what he did with Kazari-kun and you say how well he preformed" Shiho explained, before a disgusted expression coming from Kamoshida's face.

"The Transfer student may be…impressive… but he is still one person, and a criminal at that…I doubt you will be able to improve by the time of the exam, at this rate I may have to exclude you from those taking it" Kamoshida said, making Shiho's eyes widen.

"W-What! N-No! Y-You can't!" Shiho gasped, clear shock in her voice but Kamoshida raised a hand.

"Now, don't go yelling. Whether or not I make this decision...depends on what you do" Kamoshida said, before a disgusting grin grew on his face "As long as you can keep quiet until I'm done".

"W-What do you mean…Mr Kamoshida…" Shiho gulped, as Kamoshida got up and walked towards her.

Day 4

Shujin Academy

Third person P.O.V.

"Finally got some food" Ren said, as he walked into his classroom while holding a sandwich as everyone looked at him with surprised looks and expressions.

"I-It's really him, r-right" "I-Is it really true he was the one who the relay" "T-That means he's got those tickets" "S-Should we try asking him" "Y-You know he does look kinda cute looking closer" "B-But I don't know if he'll go crazy or not".

"Is it just me or have there been even more rumours then before" Ren said to himself, as he walked to his desk.

He wasn't surprised though, even Sojiro was shocked that Ren had managed to win VIP Tickets to one of the biggest events of the year…and was even slightly pushing for Ren to bring him along.

'God this is going to be a whole thing isn't' he thought, before passing by the seat Ann was sitting on as she noticed him "Hey, thanks for before".

"Heh, no problem" Ren smiled, before sitting down behind her as everyone in the classroom was shocked at this.

"N-No way! He actually does know Takamaki!" "D-Does that mean she's two timing Mr Kamoshida!" "A-Are they d-dating?!" "Maybe she's easy and wi-".

"We're just friends, can you stop assuming" Ren said, to the crowd as they all looked at him surprised "Seriously do you know how awkward this shit is".

The students, realising they could be heard, soon shut up as Ann sighed.

"Thanks for that, I really didn't want to have to listen to this today" Ann said, as Ren shrugged "No prob, I get how you feel".

"So have you made your decision yet?" Ren blinked, hearing a whisper before he looked around.

"Oh come on, I'm down here" Ren looked down at Morgana who was hiding in his desk cupboard.

"How long have you been in there?" Ren asked, as Morgana gulped "D-Don't ask that right now, look I know why you're not sure about doing this but this is really your only option".

"Does anyone hear a cat?" Some of the student's said, as they looked around.

"Why are you in such a hurry for us to do this anyway? You don't get anything out of this" Ren questioned, as Morgana looked down "U-Um w-well I-",

"H-HEY!" The class heard, as another student suddenly burst through the door with an exhausted look on his face.

"T-There's a student up on the roof! I-I think she's going to jump!" he yelled, shocking the other students as they ran out.

"O-Oh my god! I-Is that Suzui-san!" Mishima said, shocked, catching Ann's attention.

"WHAT!" Ann yelled, as she and Ren stood up before running towards the door.

When they made it to the window, there they saw that it was true Shiho was standing on the roof over the barrier, most likely having climbed over it, her eyes gear and soulless as if she lost everything.

"Oh my god!" "Is she really going to jump!" "T-This can't be real r-right" "S-Somebody g-get a teacher!".

Ann then opened the window before looking up with widened eyes "SHIHO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!".

Stopping herself for a moment, Shiho looked over at her friend who's face had fear and worry "Ann…".

"HURRY AND TURN BACK! PLEASE!" Ann cried out, tears welling up "JUST TURN BACK!".

"I'm sorry…"

Time almost slowed down, as everyone watched Shiho move forward from the school roof…no one dared to use their Quirk out of sheer shock as they watched her falling…and crash into the ground.

"Shiho!" Ann screamed, before she quickly ran down the hallway including Ren and several other students following her.

Down at the courtyard, Ren walked up with Ryuji next to him as they were in the middle of a huge crowd of students.

"Shiho! Hang in there! Please hang in there!" Ann cried, tears welling up in her eyes as she looked down at her best friend.

"A-Ann…".

"SOMEBODY! ANYBODY! CALL THE AMBULANCE! SHE'S GOING TO DIE!" Ann screamed, as the students looked around.

"D-Does somebody have a phone?" "This looks bad" "I'm not calling, you call!" "Someone must have reported this already right?" "If this gets on the news, our school will…"

"Damn it, Ren!" Ryuji said, as Ren had his phone to his ear "I'm already calling the ambulance!".

"What's with this crowd! Disperse immediately" They heard, before looking up at Mr Kamoshida walking towards the crowd.

"KAMOSHIDA!" Ann screamed, looking up at him "What did you talk about with Shiho! She jumped off the roof! It has to be something with you!".

"S-Suzui!" Kamoshida said, his eyes widening in shock.

"I couldn't get in contact with her ever since she went to your room last night! Tell me!" Ann yelled, as Kamoshida gulped.

"T-This isn't the time! Has someone called the ambulance yet!" Kamoshida stated, as Ren looked at him.

"Y-Yes, the ambulance is on the way" Ren said, as people started talking and murmuring.

However among them, Ryuji noticed Mishima suddenly running off with widened eyes

After the ambulance had arrived to bring Shiho to the hospital, the teachers informed the students to go back to class.

As they did however, Ren noticed Ryuji running off somewhere with pure rage on his face after talking with Mishima.

"Mishima, w-what happened?" Ren asked, walking up to him only for Mishima to grab him.

"Amamiya! P-Pleease!" Mishima looked at Ren with pleading, despair-filled eyes, "Y-You have to stop Sakamoto! H-He-"

"W-Woah, hold on." Ren exclaimed, trying to calm the panicked boy, "What happened?"

"N-No time! S-Sakamoto, I… I told him Shiho went to see Kamoshida yesterday! He… He…" Mishima trailed off, but he said just enough for Ren to realise the situation.

"H-He, what!" Ren yelled, before turning around "I have to stop him!" Ren yelled, running ahead making Mishima jump.

"H-Hey! Wait for me!" Mishima yelled, chasing after him.

Meanwhile, inside the school building, Ren was running as fast as he could towards the PE teacher's room which he hoped was where Ryuji was going

As Ren approached the PE teacher's room he heard a loud crashing sound come through the opened door, Ren pushed himself to go even faster and as he entered the room…

"Oh? Do we need another example of self-defence?" Kamoshida said, with a sneer as he looked down at Ryuji. "Go on. Take your best shot."

With an irritated growl, Ryuji pulled his arm back and threw it forward with force but Ren was able to run in and grab his arm before he could punch Kamoshida.

"W-What!?" Ryuji blinked in surprise, looking up at Ren with confusion, "D-Dude!? Why are you stopping me!?"

"Because you'll be giving him what he wants," Ren whispered, looking back at Kamoshida with a look of rage

"F-Fine…" Ryuji said, reluctantly putting his fist back.

"Oh really? That's a shame… And a surprise." Kamoshida said, walking past Ryuji, forcefully bumping into him as he passed, "Come on. Don't hold him… Or yourself back, you've already assaulted someone before, right? So come on, hit me."

"No," Ren said through gritted teeth. "But answer me one question… What did you do to Shiho?"

"I don't need to tell you anything. But I'll be nice…" Kamoshida said, rolling his eyes "We just had a special coaching session with her to make sure she… kept up. Whatever happened in that session is between me and her and well…"

Kamoshida stood tall acting as though he was invincible, "From the sounds of it. I don't think she'll be waking up anytime soon so there's no way she'll be able to tell."

"W-What you did… Wasn't coaching!" Mishima yelled as he came in, his voice strained and full of fear.

"Suddenly growing a backbone, Mishima?" Kamoshida sneered, before a smirk grew on his face "Too bad you didn't do that before you leaked his record."

Ren's eyes went wide as he looked back at Mishima who fell to his knees, "Y-You made me do it…"

"You bastard!" Ryuji shouted, clenching both of his fists.

"So what if I did? You gave in. Does that make you hate him?" Kamoshida said, leaning in close to Ren again, "So… You're gonna do something about it, you scum. Against me? Mishima?"

Ren continued to be silent as Kamoshida leaned back with his toothy grin.

"Nothing to say? Fine, I was going to expel all of you but how about a deal" Kamoshida said, making Ren raise an eyebrow.

"You skills are nothing to scoff at but your attitude and independence is a problem, if you become my assistant and promise to stay quiet about this, I'll only expel Sakamoto and Mishima, I'll even out Mishima as the one who showed your record". Kamoshida said, shocking the other two.

"W-What! N-No!" "You son of a-" Mishima and Ryuji yelled, but Ren stopped them from doing anything

'What the hell…why would he go so far as to leak my record!' Ren thought, thinking things through 'Even in the castle, he seemed to already hate me becau-'

"And you brought the little criminal who thought he could do my job better than me huh?"

'Oooooooooohhhhhhhhh' Ren thought, before looking down at Kamoshida and his disgusting grin.

"Well what do y-" "Heh…hehehe…hahahahahahahahahahahaha!".

Everyone in the room was surprised when Ren suddenly started laughing out of nowhere.

"H-Hey! W-What are you doing! S-STOP LAUGHING!" Kamoshida yelled, making Ryuji flashback to when Ren awakened to his Persona before he smirked.

"You're scared of me!" Ren pointed out, surprising everyone in the room and making Kamoshida growl.

"WHAT WAS THAT!" Kamoshida yelled, making Ren smirk.

"You're scared I'm going to take all the attention away from you, and your 'awesomeness' because of my reputation and my skills" Ren said, moving in closer to Kamoshida as a smirk grew "Like a certain symbol of pea-",

"REN!" Ryuji yelled, as Kamoshida suddenly punched Ren right in the face, sending him crashing to the ground.

"That's it you little brat! I was going easy on you! But now, I'm not just going to expel you…I'm gonna make sure you'll never have a future in this society" Kamoshida then turned to the desk "Now get out my office, you'll have until the next teacher meeting till you're expelled".

"You mother f- huh" Ryuji blinked, as Ren grabbed his arm before looking back at him with a smirk.

Ryuji blinked before realising what Ren meant and nodded as the two and Mishima left the office.

The three of them walked forward a bit before Ryuji looked over at him "Hey dude you okay? Looks like he punched you pretty hard".

"It's fine, he's gonna get what comi-" "Why did you do that!".

Blinking Ren and Ryuji looking back at Mishima who fell to his knees with tears welling up in his eyes.

"Why did you do this! If you two just stayed quiet and didn't do anything until the exam…things would have gone better…it should have…b-but now…my life is ov-""Do you really think that?"

Mishima blinked before he looked up at Ren with a serious look in his eyes.

"Do you really think things would have gone better? Did you think a hero was going to come in and stop Kamoshida? Mishima, listen, there's no police coming and there's no heroes" Ren said, before turning around "The only way to make sure that life will change, is to do it yourself".

Mishima blinked before looking up at Ren and Ryuji walking off with a look of surprise and confusion.

However at the same time we see Ann walking past Mishima and following the two of them, after hearing and seeing everything that just happened.

Alleyway

Third person P.O.V.

"We can't waste any time" Ryuji stated, walking into the alleyway way and punching the wall "We gotta get into that other world, and beat the shit out of that asshole".

"We're not beating him up" Morgana said, walking him before jumping on one of the boxes "We need to steal his distorted desire away and make him feel the guilt of everything he's done, and I can assume you've made your decision, about how he might suffer a mental shutdown".

"We have…we can't just keep letting Kamoshida do what he is doing and just laugh it off like it's nothing" Ren said, with Ryuji nodding.

"Yeah, someone almost died because of him! I don't give a rat's ass what's going to happen to him anymore" Ryuji yelled, making Morgana smirk.

"Alright very well, we're in agreement" Morgana said, before Ryuji looked over at him.

"By the way how hard is getting rid of a Palace? You've tried it before, right?" Ryuji asked, making Morgana blink.

"When did I say that?" "WHAT?! YOU WERE JUST PRETENDING TO KNOW!".

"Okay now isn't the time," Ren said, breaking up the fight before taking out his phone.

"Ah right, y-yeah do the thing" Ryuji said, with a nod however from around the corner we see Ann watching them.

"Suguru Kamoshida, Shujin Academy, King of the castle"

Distortion found. Beginning Navigation.

Kamoshida Palace

Third person P.O.V.

Walking forward, we see three thieves in their attire walking towards the castle with serious looks on their faces.

"Here we come Kamoshida" Ryuji smirked, punching his palm and was about to run ahead

"Hold up, we need to prepare first" Morgana said, making the others blink.

"Prepare? For what" Ryuji asked, making Morgana sigh "You really think you'd be able to do this with no weapons.".

"Okay that's fair enough, but I don't think we can get our hands on knives or guns, much less hero items" Ren said, making Morgana smirk.

"Oh don't you worry about that, I already procured some of those while I was waiting for your reply" he said, before having them follow him.

Under a structure near the castle's walls, Morgana pulled out a chest and opened it revealing an assortment of items including knives, a baseball bat with wire wrapped around it, a whip, hand guns, a short gun, SMG gun and even some hero items from the hero relay.

"Whoa! Holy shit!" Ryuji picked up the baseball bat with a grin.

"Wait, these guns are just models," Ren said, looking closer at the guns before looking over at Morgana.

"Yeah found em in a place in Shibuya, don't worry in this reality as long as the Shadow believe it's real then its real" Morgana explained, with Ren nodding picking up the gun.

"Hey uh, what about the rest?" Ryuji asked, making Morgana sigh.

"Well I had hoped we could find one more persona user to help us out, but considering the deadline we don't really have time for tryouts" Morgana sighed, as Ren stood up.

"Then we'll just have to work with what we've got, come on" Ren said, before the other two nodded and they made their way to the secret exit.

"W-What the heck was that!" Ann said, walking out of her hiding spot after seeing all of this.

She had come because she figured they were going to do something about Kamoshida, but this only filled her head with questions.

What happened to the school? What does this have to do with Kamoshida? Why is the sky pink? Why did everything go slower before returning back to normal? Why did Amamiya and Sakamoto's outfits change? Why does Amamiya kinda look hot in that outfit? Why and who was that cat person that came out of nowhere.

"WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON!" Ann screamed, ruffling her hair in complete confusion.

"Hah! Princess!"

"Huh?" Ann blinked, before looking over at a group of people in suits of armour looking down at her.

"Princess! What are you doing here! Get back inside the kings looking for you!"

"W-Wha! Hey! Let go of me!"

In the castle

Third person P.O.V.

"Shit…" Morgana cursed, as we see the three of them looking into the main entrance of the castle which was filled to the brim with Knights all listening to a speech by the Shadow Kamoshida.

"Something wrong? Can't we just go after him now" Ryuji asked, as Morgana looked back at him "Do you really think going to the in there would be a good idea, besides there's way too many knights".

"Well what do we do now?" Ren asked, as Morgana sighed "Well I had hoped we could take a shortcut I discovered to get closer to where the treasures held, but looks like we'll have to take the long way".

The boys nodded before turning their attention to the door opposite the one they first came through only to be met by a knight forcing them to leap out of the way.

"Shit just our luck" Ryuji said, looking over at the knight as it wandered around the room "Are going to have to wait for it to leave".

"No the rooms are soundproof so it shouldn't cause the other to notice if we take it out" Morgana explained, before thinking "Actually this might be a good chance, hey Frizzy hair mind sneaking up on him and removing his mask I wanna try testing out that ability".

"Ability?" Ren blinked, before realising what he meant and nodding.

Ren waited for just the right moment before he rushed in behind the mind and jumped on his shoulders.

"Show me your true form!" Ren grinned, gripping the knight's mask before pulling it off and jumping back.

The knights armour then burst off and transformed into what looked like a green horse with a tendril lower half.

"Whoa, what is that thing?" Ryuji asked, as he stood next to Ren as Morgana crossed his arms.

"That's a Kelpie, you guys should be good with your two Persona's but don't hit it enough that you kill it" Morgana explained, with Ryuji and Ren nodding.

"Alright, here we go!" Ryuji grinned, gripping his baseball bat before smacking it against the Kelpie, sending it flying back.

Twirling his hand gun, Ren aimed at the Kelpie before firing a few bullets at the monster forcing it to move out of the way '"Huh so it works".

The Kelpie growled before roaring as its eyes flashed green and it manifested a large gust of wind that pushed the two back a bit.

"G-Ggh! This is strong" Ryuji gulped, as Ren gritted his teeth.

"Then we'll need to pin it down, Pixie!" Ren yelled, as his mask shined before turning into blue flames and flying off him.

"Hehe! Woo it's been awhile, coming right away boss!" Pixie smiled, before charging up a Zio attack and firing at the Kelpie causing it to scream at pain before falling to the ground.

"Now's your chance! Time for a classic hold up" Morgana said, running in all three of them aimed their guns at the creature and after a bit of convincing much like with Pixie, the Kelpie agreed to join them and became a mask which fused with Ren's mask.

"Man you're so lucky dude, wish I could do something like that" Ryuji said, shaking his head.

"It is odd, but it'll definitely give a huge advantage in battle" Morgana said, before realising something "Ah that's right! I almost forgot about our codenames".

"Codenames? Oh you mean like hero names? Why do we need those" Ren asked, as Ryuji elbowed him.

"Cause it sounds cool!" Ryuji said, with a grin while Morgana crossed his arms "And we don't know what yelling out our real names here will do with Kamoshida".

"Alright, fair enough, what were you thinking?" Ren asked, making Morgana grin.

"Oooh! I got the perfect one for you, Sparkington" Morgana said, looking up at Ryuji who blinked "W-What! Like Spark and Skellington! No way!".

"It might make more sense to go with something simpler" Ren suggested, before closing his eyes and thinking about it "How about…Joker?".

"Oh! That sounds cool!" Ryuji grinned, with Morgana nodding "I get it, since you've got multiple persona's and the most skill you'd be our Trump Card, clever".

"Y-Yeah, totally" The now named Joker said, with a sweatdrop 'Don't tell them I just got it from Batman'.

"Alright, simple… I know you can call me Skull!" Ryuji said, with a grin making the others sweatdrop.

"Uh, Skull?" Joker asked, making the now named Skull grin "Yeah, see I thought of it from this Skull mask I'm wearing".

"Well if that's what you're gonna call yourself, I however have already thought up the perfect codename for me" Morgana said, before jumping on the table and posing dramatically "Call me Pri-".

"How about Mona?" Joker suggested, with Skull nodding "Ooh yeah that works".

"Wha-?! No! My name is- h-hey! Don't you walk off on me!" The now unwittingly named Mona cried out as he chased after the other two who were walking into the next room.

There they saw a corridor with a locked up door leading to another hallway with suits of armour lining the walls.

"Geez, what's in there?" Skull asked, as Mona sighed.

"I'm pretty that's the Kings Quarters, we don't have any business in there so let's just keep going" Mona explained, as the other nodded

They then continued sneaking through the castle, first ending up in what looked like an armoury with several knights.

They were forced to sneak up on a few of the knights there and fight them, but in return Joker had managed to get two more Persona's, a Jack O' Lantern and a Mandarake before continuing onward.

"Oh yeah by the way, your Quirk from before was freaking awesome! You weren't giving it enough credit" Skull said, with a grin as they walked through the hallway.

"His Quirk?" Mona questioned, with a raised eyebrow as Skull looked down at him "Yeah you should have seen it, he said it was just a gun but he was shooting rapid bullets, homing shots even a bullet rain attack".

"That was all improvised though, like I said to All Might, my Quirks never done that before" Ren said, looking at his hand.

"Ah so my guess was right" Morgana said, crossing his arms "You awakening your Persona also awakened your Quirk to a new level".

"Huh? What do ya mean?" Ryuji asked, as Morgana smirked.

"You ever noticed how when your first get your Quirk it's a lot weaker but over time as you use it more you get more details about it and learn new things, that's a cognitive wall that you Quirk has which normal isn't broken unless you go through an intense injury like a near death experience or have overcome a huge mental block, awakening your Persona's is the same as doing that but a lot easier to do and one your are awakened your Quirks awakened as well" Morgana explained, making Ryuji.

"For real?! Wait up, does that mean my Quirks have been juiced up too!" Skull said, excitedly while jittering like a little kid.

"I mean probably but not like we can test it now, Quirks don't work in here remember" Joker said, but Morgana shook his head.

"Where did you get that idea, all I said was the Quirk would be drained and weakened because of the Palace rulers cognition the longer you stay here" Morgana explained "That's why I got you these weapons, they'd be a lot more reliable then your Quirks in here".

"Wait so I can totally try out my new Quirk here! Aw right!" Skull pumped, before turning to a suit of armour and taking a running stance.

"Wait no you idi-" Mona tried to warn but it was too late as he dashed towards the suit of armour before throwing a kick…which didn't do anything but shake it a bit.

"Wha- for real" Skull said, with a sigh before turning around and walking back "I was hoping for something awesome".

"You're lucky it wasn't! You could've gotten us in serious trouble if you made a ton of noise" Mona yelled, as Skull raised his arms in defence

"Okay okay yeesh I get it, not like it actually-" BOOOOOMMMM!

All three thieves then turn around as the suit of armour was struck by a large amount of electricity before falling down.

"What was that?" "Are there intruders!"

"Oh crap, quick hide!" Joker yelled, as the other two nodded before running off.

"In there!" Mona yelled, before they entered one of the other rooms which had a foggy looking aura around it.

"Are you sure we're safe here?" Joker looked around in the small storage room which was a bit fuzzy to them.

"Don't worry this room has a weaker distortion then the rest of the castle, it's basically places the ruler has less control over like a classroom for example. You'd find places like these often in the Palace, I call them Safe rooms' ' Mona explained, before realising something "Wait hold up, the guards are talking".

"Hmm, it seems like more of those intruders had shown up" One knight said, looking at the fallen suit of armour.

"Could they have been the ones that took Princess out of the castle? The other knight suggested "That would explain why she was wandering around the entrance".

"Those damn Thieves, kidnapping the king's favourite servant like that! We must find them!" The knight said, before the two of them ran off.

"What was that about? A Princess?" Skull asked, crossing his arms.

"Do you think someone might have gotten sucked up with us when we use the app" Joker theorised, as Mona nodded.

"That's a possibility but it could be possible it's just coincidence…it's risky," Mona said, crossing his arms.

"What are you talking about! Obviously we gotta go! It's a girl right? So what do you think will happen when Kamoshida but worse finds her" Skull yelled, as the two stared blankly at him "W-What?".

"Nothing just…you surprisingly made a good point there" Joker said, annoying Skull,

"Oh fuck off!".

"Anyway you're right Ryu- er, Skull. We can't just ignore the possibility someone got brought here otherwise we'd be no better than the teachers or parents' ' Joker said, his glove before the three of them left the room.

Kamoshida's chamber

Third person P.O.V.

"Ggh! Hey, let go of me!" Ann yelled, as she struggled to break from the straps that bound her.

The room was pink in colour with a red floor, behind Ann was a large painting of Shadow Kamoshida laughing out loud and around the room were knights as well what looked like her classmates in tight gym uniforms.

"What's all this about! Seriously, I'm gonna call the cops!" she yelled, struggling to break free.

"So this is the intruder?" She heard, before looking up to see the Shadow Kamoshida walking up to her.

"What?! Kamoshida!" Ann gasped, as she watched Shadow Kamoshida expect her body "I can't believe you mistook my precious, beautiful Ann for someone like her, ain't that right?".

"Yeah like she looks nothing like me~~~" Ann's eyes widened when she saw an exact duplicate of herself except wearing a skimpy bikini with a purple leopard print design and a pair of cat ears.

"W-What! I-Is that me!" Ann gasped, looking at her copy "M-More importantly! What happened to the school! Why is it like this!"

Shadow Kamoshida smirked as he walked up and got all in her face "Are you scared?"

"What is that outfit? Are you out of your mind" Ann yelled, making the man grin.

"I do as please here! This place is the castle of my desires and you are my newest lively slave" he said, with a grin licking his lips.

"W-What! This isn't funny! Let me go! Enough of the bullshit Kamoshida!" Ann yelled, looking annoyed.

"Peh, the girls decided to tell me off? What do you think about that" Kamoshida asked, fake Ann as she smiled "Talking back is like…totally unforgivable".

"Hmm, hmm that's a very good point" Kamoshida said, nodding before waving his arm "Execute her!".

"W-What!" Ann gasped, as one of the golden knights started to walk towards her but then.

"OH NO YOU DON'T" Skull yelled, busting down the door as everyone turned their attention to Joker, Skull and Mona.

"Ah! You made it!" Ann gasped, as they looked at her surprised.

"W-What the?! Takamaki!" "Ann?! What are you doing here!" "Who is that Meow-velous girl~"

A moment of awkward silence passed by as they looked down at Mona who had a clear smitten look in his eyes before shaking his head.

"Ugh, just when I started enjoying myself." Shadow Kamoshida said, in annoyance as he turned to the trio who were glaring at him.

"Guys! What's the deal with this guy?!" Ann said as she struggled against the chains that were holding her. "What's up with Kamoshida and why is there another me!".

"You little..." Skull growled, clenching his fist in anger as he looked at Kamoshida. "I've had enough of your shit for one day."

"How many times are you all going to come back?" The King said as he looked at the three with a face that was pissed

He then got his trademark toothy smirk back as he looked at Ann. "I bet you're just like those thieves, you came here because you're pissed at me, right."

"You…" Ann blinked, as he looked at the grinning Kamoshida. "WHAT DID YOU DO SHIHO!"

"Why are you so angry~" The fake Ann smiled, as she moved up close to Ann "Don't you want to be loved by King Kamoshida too~".

"Hehe, you're the reason she jumped you know?" Shadow Kamoshida said, as Ann looked up at him "W-What?".

"Remember, you were reluctant to throw yourself on me~ So I had her take your place…that she wasn't nearly as good as you wouldn't have been," Kamoshida said, making Ann's eyes widen.

"Hehehehe!It wouldn't have happened if you had accepted my invitation from the beginning, it was your stubbornness that caused her to jump off that roof" Kamoshida said, as tears started welling up Ann's eyes.

"I'm sorry…I'm so sorry Shiho…"

"Oh? Are those tears of regret? Do you think you have the right to regret what you did like a normal person? All of you here are my slaves that should be happy to do whatever I want or risk becoming my ene-GUH!"

Everyone's eyes widened as they looked up to see Joker kicking Shadow Kamoshida from behind kicking right in the crotch causing him to clutch down before following it up with a kick to the face

"King Kamoshida!" The knight yelled, as they rushed towards him but Skull and Mona rushed in and blocking the attack

"Oh no you don't! CAPTAIN KIDD!" Skull yelled, summoning his Persona which fired a blast of electricity knocking the knight back and killing it.

"You can do this! Fight em, ZORRO!" Mona yelled, summoning Zorra to use a wind knocking the knight into the air before Mona rushed in and slashed it in half killing it.

"Y-You brat! Knight get- eep!" Shadow Kamoshida cried, as Joker pointed his gun at him.

"Amamiya…" Ann whispered, as Joker looked at her "Ann listen, it's not and never was your fault that Shiho did this, don't cry over protecting yourself from this prick, get mad that this guy would even think about doing this! I mean look at this place! How fucked up his mind to think and see everything like this".

"You're right. Letting this bastard toy with me.. What was I thinking?!" Ann said, as she began to feel anger instead of sorrow flow through her "I've had enough of this! You've pissed me off, you son of a bitch!"

My... It's taken far too long.

"Geh! AAAAAAAHHHH!" Ann screamed, as she felt her eyes flash yellow and the worst pain come to her head.

"She's awakening…awakening to a Persona!" Ren said, before moving out of the way from the gold knight rushing in.

"What took you so long! FINISH HER BEFORE SHE GETS THE POWER!" Kamoshida roared.

Tell me... Who is going to avenge her if you don't? Forgiving him was never the option. Such is the scream of the other you who dwells within...

The Golden knight raised its sword at her but Ren quickly moved in and blocked the attack.

"Oh no you don't! ARSENE!" Ren yelled, summoning his Persona who only smirked.

"Ah a new awakening, how perfect let's see if she can make it through" Arsene said, before using Eiha to knock the knight back.

I am thou, thou art I... We can finally forge a contract…

Ann's head was down as tears came from her eyes. "I hear you.. Carmen. You're right! No more holding back!"

"N-No! Anyone but her!" Kamoshida gulped, as he watched in fear as Ann shot her head up and a red panther-like mask appeared over her face.

"RAAAAAAHHHH!" Ann screamed, as she broke out of the chains holding her down.

There you go.. Nothing can be solved by restraining yourself. Understand? Then I'll gladly lend you my strength.

"GYAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Ann screamed, as she then ripped her mask off her face with a great force.

Blood went flying from her face as a pillar and blue flame surrounded her body.

When the flames died down we see she was in a new outfit like the others with a Persona, Carmen, floating behind her.

Her Phantom Thief outfit consists of a skin-tight red latex catsuit with a cleavage cutout and zippers, a matching red panther mask, pink gloves, dark red thigh-high boots, and a clip-on tail on the back of her catsuit.

Carmen appears as a very tall woman with fuchsia coloured skin. She wears a long flowing red ball gown, black gloves, and black-red boots. The dress is mostly light red with alternating black and gold trim along its many layers. The dress has a black corset with red heart designs and shows a generous amount of cleavage. Her gloves and boots share the same colour and heart designs as the corset. Several roses are seen growing out of the base of the corset. Carmen is a brunette with spiralling pigtails, reflecting Ann's own hair style. Her face is covered with a black panther mask with floral designs along the top and sides. Her shoulder pads match the design of the mask. She is also seen with a cigar in her mouth and a black choker around her neck. Carmen is typically seen with two figures that seem to be men in tuxedos and red bow-ties, but their heads are metallic pink boxes, with glowing heart designs for eyes and speakers for mouths. The figures are physically attached to Carmen via a pair of thorny vines that connect to the roses.

Grabbing one of the fallen knights' swords, Ann swiftly sliced her copy in half much to the shock.

"You know what? I'm not some cheap toy that you can play with scumbag!" Ann yelled, throwing the sword away "You took away everything from Shiho! Her dream…her future…I'll rob you of everything".

"G-GUARDS!" Kamoshida cried, as the golden got up before the armour burst off and he transformed into a shadow.

The shadow looked like a purple, buff, bearded, horned demon…sitting on a toilet.

"How dare you refuse King Kamoshida's love! You will be punished by your rebellious lass" The Shadow said, as everyone stared at it.

"Fine! Come on Carmine! Let's punish them too!" Ann said, entering a fighting position.

"Very well, let's see this pig squeal!" Carmine said, before lifting her hands, summoning two balls of fire.

Carmine then proceeded to throw two fireballs at the monster who quickly dodged out of the way.

He then raised his hand before shooting an ice beam which would have frozen Panther if not for Carmine protecting her.

As this fight was happening the bodies of the other two knights began shifting before transforming into more shadows, once again being two Bicron.

"I'll help Ann, you two keep the other busy" Joker said, with Skull and Mona nodding before they split up.

"Geh" Ann scoffed, as she was knocked back by the shadows before Joker moved up to her.

"Using your Persona too much will drain you, here use these" Joker said, handing her both the whip and the gun Mona had gotten for them.

"Oh thanks," Ann said, taking the items before they both looked at the large shadow.

"Did you notice any weaknesses?" Joker asked, as Ann thought back.

"He seemed to use ice, and he moved away from Carmines fire attacks? Think he could be weak to fire" Ann asked, as Joker nodded.

"That would make sense, alright I'll do the cover fire while you move in to strike" Joker said, making Ann blink before nodding.

Joker then pulled out his handgun, spinning it in his hand before firing at the Shadow which dealt severe damage.

Ann then rushed in and using her new whip, struck the Shadow causing it to scream out in pain before using an ice attack on Panther who rolled out of the way.

"Take this!" Skull yelled, as he swung his baseball bat at the Bicorn head causing it to neigh out in pain.

The Bicorn glared at Skull before rushing towards the thug looking thief trying to ram into him.

"Let's see, if Re-er Joker can do it, so can I!" Skull yelled, quickly taking out his shotgun before firing at the Shadow, killing it.

Mona meanwhile was jumping out of the way as the bicorn tried ramming while aiming different shots with his slingshot at the shadow.

"Alright, gotta look especially cool today! I gotta impress that lady~" Mona said, with a smirk before summoning his Persona "Help me out, Zorro!"

Mona then jumped into the air with his sword ready as his Persona did swift movements with his sword which formed a green tornado around Mona spinning him.

"Take this!" Mona yelled, slicing through the Bicorn and killing it before the Not-Cat and landed on the ground before crossing his arms "Heh, pretty cool".

Meanwhile Joker and Ann were dodging another ice attack from the monster by leaping back before they landed next to each other.

"Alright, follow my lead Ann…JACK O LANTERN!" Joker yelled,as he summoned his new Persona.

"Hee ho! Let's go!".

"Alright, let's go Carmine!" She said, getting ready as her Persona smirked.

"Very well, let's burn this pig into ashes!"

"AGI!" They both commanded, as the two Personas shot off powerful fire attacks at the shadow knocking it down to the ground.

"N-No! T-To believe, there was a woman…that would deny King Kamoshida!"

"Kamoshida is going to pay for what he's done, that I sweat!" Ann yelled, as everyone regrouped.

"Alright guys, let's go for an All Out Attack!" Joker said, with the others nodding.

All four then rushed in before jumping into the air, attacking the shadow in all directions before dashing past him.

All three then struck a pose, with Joker fixing his glove, Skull doing a rock out sign, Mona crossing his arms with a grin and Ann doing a cute pose with a peace sign,

Behind them we see energy in Belphegor burst out before he exploded behind them.

"O-Oh shit!" Kamoshida yelled, before running off as they turned to him with annoyed faces.

"Don't bother to chase after him, Joker. He's not worth the time." Mona said as he looked at Joker before looking over at Ann.

"But seriously Takamaki! What the heck are you doing here! How are you here" Skull yelled, as Ann sighed.

"I was walking over to the hospital  to check on Shiho when I heard you guys talking about Kamoshida, I listened in and wanted to join then suddenly we were here" Ann explained, as Mona crossed his arms "I knew it, guess we can accidentally bring people we'll have to be more careful of that".

"W-Wait actually! Who are you! Where did you come from! W-Were you that cat they were talking to and…" Ann said, before looking down at her outfit.

"Why am I dressed like this?! When did I- Ugh!" Ann cried, tried to cover herself up but it didn't work out too well.

"Oh come on it's not that bad" Joker said, as Ann glared at him made him jump "All I'm saying is, you could be wearing something like a Midnight's outfit".

"Hah fair enough" Ann sighed, standing up while still covering herself.

"We should move back to the Safe room, no doubt they have guards protecting the entrance now so that'd be the safest place to go" Mona said, as the others nodded before they started moving back to the safe room while explaining to Ann what was happening.

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Safe Room

Third person P.O.V.

"Okay, so let me see if I got that right…" Ann began as she sat on the table in front of Joker, Skull and Mona.

"We're all currently inside of Kamoshida's mind and this whole castle is how he personally see's the school." Ann then emphasised the castle-like interior they were in.

"You two accidentally ran into this place the other day after accidentally entering in some keywords into a mysterious App that showed up on your Phone" Ann continued, pointing to Joker who nodded.

"And while you were here, you met this cat-person and awakened to those Stand-like things you call Personas which change our outfits as well"

"Wait, since when did you watch Jojo-"

"AND, after what happened to Shiho and seeing that Kamoshida didn't give a shit, you decided to go back to the castle to steal his distorted desire and make him actually feel guilty for what he's doing.

"Yeah, that's pretty much the gist of it." Joker nodded, crossing his arms as Ann sighed.

"Ugh, this is insane…" Ann sighed, rubbing her head when Mona walked up.

"I know this is alot to take in, Lady Ann, just take as long as you need." Mona smiled, making everyone's sweat drop.

"Uh thanks, but I'm alright." Ann nervously grinned. "You guys want to take down Kamoshida right? Then I'm in."

"Wait, really?!" The three gawked as Joker looked at her.

"I thought you would be freaking out a bit more."

"Trust me, I am, but I also just killed a buff demon sitting on a floating toilet, so I don't feel like questioning it." she sighed but had a determined look on her face, as the others nodded, "Shiho almost died because of that bastard, and he tried blaming it on me! I'm done listening to his bullshit!"

"Truly a courageous soul, Lady Ann." Mona nodded as The others continued to look at him weirdly.

"Well anyway, welcome to the team." Joker smirked, offering a hand which Ann took.

"Oh yeah, we also need to decide on a codename"

Ann gave Morgana a weird look when he said that before realising what he meant.

"Codename, oh you mean like a Hero name?" Ann asked, with Mona nodding.

"Yeah, apparently it helps to have the Palace ruler less likely to know us." Skull explained, before smirking.

"This dude's Joker, the kitty is Mona, and I'm Skull." Skull smirked, pointing to himself before looking over at Ann "As for you…how about…Sexy cat~".

"What! Absolutely not!" Ann yelled, punching his arm "Ow! OW! I was kidding jeez!"

"How about Cat Woman? Your outfit does look like the characters." Joker suggested, but Ann shook her head "No, I don't wanna just be a little cat!"

"Hmm, how about Cou-" Mona shut himself up as Ann looked down at him with an evil glare.

"You know, what! Fine! I'll come up with it myself…" Ann sighed, as she thought it over "I know how about Panther, those are pretty fierce"

"Ooh I like it," Skull grinned, as Panther looked at him smugly.

"Panther…. fierce but beautiful," Mona noted, before a grin grew on his face "Perfect for you!"

"Alright, welcome to the team, Panther." Joker smirked, as Panther nodded.

"Thanks, so what's the plan?"

"Well we need to make it a treasure. Last time I checked, it was in the castle church, which is much deeper into the castle…" Mona explained, with the others nodding.

As they walked out of the safe room, Skull leaned over to the now named Panther with a question in mind.

"So about Mona…" Skull whispered, looking at the small cat ahead of them before looking over at Panther. "When are you gonna tell him?"

"Meh, let him have his fun, not like a little crush can do any harm." Panther shrugged.

Joker raised an eyebrow at that as he followed behind them towards the door.

"Su…mi…"

Joker blinked before looking behind him to see that nothing was there. 'What was that?…Thought I heard something…"

Joker shook his head before following his friends, not knowing that someone was watching him.

She looked like some kind of ghost, with a dark navy aura around her body. She had long red hair with a pair of glasses that flashed a golden yellow behind the lenses. She was wearing an all black tracksuit with gold lining. Her body was glitching like an old TV that could barely be seen before the ghost started following them.

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

Within the Palace

Third person P.O.V.

The infiltration started off fairly fine as the group of thieves made their way through the Palace, each room they went in was filled with Shadow wandering the place which they had to sneak past.

They even managed to get a map of the area by getting through a barred off area by pulling a chain attached to a ram head.

Eventually they did get to a roadblock since part of the spiral stairs were broken, stopping their progress.

Luckily though, Mona had stole-err, prepared a hero item to help them get up, the Grappling hook which allowed Ren to get up to the higher area while carrying the others.

As they traversed through the Palace however, Skull seemed to remember something

"Oh yeah actually" Skull realised, as he looked back over at Panther "We should probably tell ya that other thing that happens when we get like this".

"Other things? What are you talking about?" Panther asked, before her eyes widened "Wait, don't tell me we get sick or something by becoming like this!".

"No nothing like that" Joker stated, helping to calm her nerves as they continued their way through the Palace.

"When you awaken your Persona your Quirk gets powered up and completely changes" Mona explained, surprising Panther "Eh?! Really!".

"Yeah remember how my Quirk used to just let me build up static electricity, well now when a punch stuff there's like an explosion of lightning" Skull grinned, remembering what he did with that suit of armour "I wonder if it'll only work when I kick stuff".

"Wow I think I may have heard that, I wonder what my Quirk will transform into" Panther wondered, prompting Joker to look over at her "Well what is your Quirk? I've only seen it once".

"Ah I can pretty much turn sugar into a gas by swirling it in my mouth, I get the desert and don't have to worry about all the sugar" Panther smiled, with a wink.

"Huh…now I kinda get why so many girls don't like you" Joker joked, only to be slapped in the head by Mona.

"Don't talk to a lady like that idiot!" Mona yelled, making Joker grumble a bit while the not-cat looked over at Panther "Though I do admit your Quirk is unexpected, I have no idea what your Quirk could be".

"Well then why don't I try it right now?" Panther suggested, but Skull shook his head "Nah you can't Quirks get weaker the longer you stay here, so by now you probably can't use it".

"Ah what, that sucks" Panther groaned, before shrugging "Guess it can't be helped, and gotta admit besides the costumes these new powers are pretty cool".

"I wonder where they come from? I would have imagined the abilities would be closer to our Quirks but besides Ryuji's, not really" Joker wondered, as he thought back to the Persona's they had summoned.

"Like I said the Persona's are based on our idea of a rebel, that doesn't necessarily mean they have to have the same Quirks as us" Mona explained, as the others nodded before they continued moving.

As they continued on their infiltration, the group ran into the several rooms filled with several books and each one having a guard inside which made them interested in seeing what was so important that they would need a guard.

After defeating the guards however the four were left with having to search through the book shelves trying to find something that stood out.

"For real! Why do we gotta do this" Skull groaned, as he looked through the book.

"I have to agree this really doesn't feel necessary" Panther nodded, as Mona looked over at them.

"Well it's better to find out as much as we can, we might find clues on another shortcut or something" Mona stated, as they continued.

As they did, Joker looked back examining the bookcase from afar 'There has to be something in here I'm not considering…'

"Fufu, seems like you're having some trouble Trickster".

"Wha, Arsene?" Joker whispered, looking around "I didn't know you could speak to me like this".

"That is an ability only you hold my other self" , Arsene explained, before smirking "But we can talk about that later, for now though you could use some help".

"Can you help us?" Joker questioned, with Arsene laughing "Of course I can, I am the original Phantom Thief let me give you a bit of a hint, does Kamoshida really seem like the kind of person that would be reading this many books"

Joker raised an eyebrow at that before his eyes widened and he began examining the books.

"Realise something Joker?" Mona questioned, with the phantom thief nodding.

"Yeah, Kamoshida doesn't strike me as the kind of guy to read a lot so why would he need this many books? I say he's trying to hide something" Joker explained, before spotting one book that looked more used then the rest "This one…".

Taking the book out of its position to take a look, the book's title read Slave book, and opening it Joker raised an eyebrow as he saw text that was unintelligible but the pictures were definitely unsettling.

"What the hell?! These are the guys in the Hero class! Wait, what the hell!? All of the titles are boys from our school!" Skull yelled, leaning over Joker's shoulder.

"I don't see me in here though?" Joker wondered, looking at the pictures in the book as Panther looked over.

"Look at these pictures! Are these all his favourite moments of assaulting the students and watching them fail?!" Panther growled, with an annoyed look on her face.

"At least now we know what to look out for, let's take a look at the other books and see what we can find" Mona suggested, with the others nodding in agreement.

They then moved on to the other rooms to find the specific books that the guards were protecting, and each book was also disturbing.

One was named the king book and was basically a Best of Kamoshida's career as a hero while the Queen book talked about his favourite girls that he's slept with so far.

"What a pig" Panther scoffed, clear disgust in her voice as she crossed her arms.

"So why are we picking up these books? We gotta moving man" Skull questioned, as Joker looked back at him

"These books have been clearly used more than any other on the shelf, and I don't think it's because Kamoshida's shadow reads them alot" Joker explained, as Mona got what he meant.

"You're saying they might be used for something" Mona guessed, with Joker nodding.

"Oh I get it, like a key in a video game" Ryuji smiled, as Panther sweatdropped while crossing her arms.

"I don't think that's what he meant, but this place is pretty weird" Panther said, while looking around the place "I think I remember seeing some guards talking about an even bigger library nearby".

"Hmm, we might as well take a look who knows, if we find something we could even find some kind of treasure or something that'll help us out here" Mona suggested, as the others agreed before moving to the library.

When they did go to the library of course they found gaps in the book shelves, much like you'd find in a mystery movie or game.

Checking the books near the gaps allowed them to get clues into which books to place in where, but after doing this something happened that filled them with disgust.

Placing the final book in the slot, the bookshelves start moving like a door opening up revealing what looked to be some kind of Sex dungeon filled with different toys and candles, with an atmosphere that was sickening.

But the thing that shocked them the most was the room was filled with photo's of Shiho in different poses.

"I get it, the school is a place all about education and shit, but it's the place where that bastard has his 'fun'" Ryuji growled, crossing his arms.

Joker then looked over at Panther who was shaking with rage before flinching when Joker placed a hand on her shoulder "You okay Ann?".

Panther looked over at Joker with widened eyes before closing them and giving a deep sigh "Honestly I am…this just makes me want to punish that son of a bitch even more".

With a renewed determination to take down the king, and even finding a map in the room, the four thieves continued their journey until they made it to where Mona was taking them.

After travelling through a few more rooms, battled a lot more shadows with Ren even replacing some of his current Persona's with new ones and even getting some new equipment the group made it to their destination.

After resting up at a safe area nearby the four thieves walked up to a door led by Mona.

"Okay this is where I last saw the treasure, though it is odd there aren't any guards" Mona noted, as they peered through the door.

The room was shaped like some kind of church and was about the size of the school's gym with a gigantic statue of Shadow Kamoshida at the end of the room.

"Maybe he sent out the guards to go looking for us?" Skull wondered, only for Panter to give him a deadpanned look.

"Then he'd be protecting the treasure more than ever" Panther stated, as Skull sweatdropped "Hey man, could ya not give me that look".

"Yeah this does have the word 'trap' written all over it" Joker sighed, as he crossed his arms "But we do have to go in there…".

"Well yeah! Let's go rush in there who cares if a few shadows show up" Skull shrugged, but Mona glared at him.

"Don't be an idiot! What if the room is filled with golden knight guys!" Mona argued back with Panther nodding.

"He does have a point, I don't want to get surrounded by those guys again" Panther sighed, as Joker stood up.

"Then I'll go first and act as a decoy" Joker suggested, prompting the others to stare at him in surprise.

"With my ability to use multiple Persona's I have better chance at defending myself then the rest of you, while you guys go secure a route to the treasure and if it really has been moved then we can make a swift escape" Joker explained, making Mona smirk proudly.

"That's a good choice, I knew I made the right choice making you the leader" Mona grinned, crossing his arms.

"Alright but if you're in any trouble at all I'm gonna rush right in"Skull said, making Joker give a look of genuine surprise "What? I keep telling you I got your back no matter what alright".

"Same here Ren, you're nothing like the rumours called you…you helped me when I was at my worst…so I still owe you one" Panther grinned, making Joker smile.

"Thanks Ryuji, Ann"

"Okay, seriously!" Everyone blinked as they looked over Ryuji with an exhausted look on his face.

"Since when did you guys get on a first name basis! Seriously, what did I miss!" Ryuji asked, making the others laugh a bit.

However as they did we see the ghost girl continuing to watch them with a sad expression on her face before she blinked.

For a moment she could have sworn she saw Joker's Persona, Arsene watching her for a moment before she shook her head and turned away.

Meanwhile we see Ren slowly walking down the hall of the church area as he looks up at the large statue of Kamoshida above him.

"My my quite the massive ego he's got huh, Trickster" Arsene smirked, with Joker crossing his arms.

"Yeah forget King, this sicko must think himself a god" Joker scoffed, as he looked at the large statue

As this was happening, Skull, Mona and Panther climbed up the side to see where Mona had last seen the treasure.

"You dare mock the kings grand monument"

"Here we go…" Ren sighed, before looking over at a gold knight walking towards him.

"You are brave I give you that Phantom Thief, scum like you usually come in packs when they attempt to mock the king" The Golden Knight stated, pointing his sword at Ren.

"Heh, I mean why waste bringing the other for this obvious trap" Joker smirked, as he turned over at the knight "Unfortunately, I'm gonna be your only opponent now".

"Hmph very well!" The knight said, before his armour burst off revealing a man with dark skin and glowing yellow eyes wearing a more realistic knight outfit with large red wings.

"Now, die!" He then dashed towards Joker with his sword at the ready to slash at the Phantom Thief.

Joker quickly pulled out his knife and blocked the attack before he jumped back a good distance.

"Berith!" Joker yelled, as he removed his mask and summoned the blue knight Persona "Cleave!"

The Persona's horse neighed as the pair dashed towards the Archangel and thrusted its spear forward while the enemy readied his own sword.

The two warriors' weapons clashed a few times causing sparks to fly before Archangel swung it's sword at the knights side knocking towards the ground.

Joker gripped his arms where Berith was struck before it turned into flames and returned to his face forming the mask.

"Looks like I'll have to focus on looking for weaknesses" Joker growed, before blinking as he saw Archangel charge up a ball of light.

"Ah crap! PIXIE! ZIO!" he yelled, removing his mask to summon the small pixie to shoot a ball of electricity which intercepted Archangel's attack before it could hit him.

"Gotta do some damage at least" he said, as the mask returned before pulling out his gun and aiming at the Archangel making his eyes widen.

"W-Where did you get that?!" Archangel gasped, looking at the gun making Joker smirk

"A coward just like your 'king' huh? Well alright then" Joker smirked, before firing at the Shadow which he barely dodged.

"Damn it! Do it now" Archangel yelled, making Joker raise an eyebrow

"Huh, what are you-" "Trickster! Behind you!".

Hearing the voice of Arsene prompted Joker to look out of the way but he was still hit by a ball of fire causing him to fall to the ground.

"Shit" he growled, gripping his leg before looking behind him to see a large group of Shadows behind him "Where the hell did they came fro-"

Looking up Joker saw a fairly large hole from the roof of the large building making him sigh while rolling his eyes "Of course".

Joker stood up as he looked over at the Archangel who only smirked "What will you do now Thief! You're completely out numbered".

"Oh no wow, what an amazing trap I never saw this coming" Joker rolled his eyes while speaking sarcastically "Alright guys, come on out".

"MAZIO!" "MAGI!" "MAGARU!"

Suddenly from above several of the Shadows around him were destroyed by electricity, fire and wind attacks.

"So we're late!" Skull grinned, landing next to Joker as the others landed next to them too.

"Looks like I was right, they did move the treasure somewhere else, probably the vault," Morgana explained, making Panther grin.

"Then we just need to find the Vault? Easy enough" Panther smirked, readying her whip as they stared at the Shadow's around them.

"Hmph, don't think it'll be that easy you Thieves" Archangel stated, before waving his arm.

"Huh?" They all blinked, before a trap door beneath them causing the four to look down the hole for a few seconds.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" "NYAAAAAAAAA!" "SHIIIIIIIITTT!" "FOR REEEEEEAAAALLLLLLLL!" All four yelled, as they all fell through the trap door.

They were sliding down the trap door for a good few minutes while continuing to scream as they went deeper and deeper into the bottom of the Palace.

"AH! There's a light!" Panther cried, as she looked down at something shining.

"W-Wait Lady Ann! What's that smell!" Mona noticed, as they started getting a bad smell hitting their senses.

"I don't know but we shouldn't risk it! Skull when we get out, summon your Persona!" Joker stated, as his teammate.

"ARSENE!" "CAPTAIN KIDD!"

Summoning their Persona right when they all off the slide allowed the being to catch their users before falling into a large pool of Acid, with Ann landing on Captain Kidd's ship while Mona landed on Arsene's shoulder.

"Fufu, quite the exciting escape my other self" Arsene smirked, while Ren just rolled his eyes "Shut up".

"Where the hell are we?" Skull asked, as they landed down on the platform with the Persona's going back to their users.

"Looks like we're in the deepest part of the Palace, where Kamoshida keeps all of his insecurities" Mona explained, as they looked around.

"Looks creepy…" Panther shivered as she looked at the hanging cages with skeletons inside.

"Good thing there's a door here…" Joker said, looking at the door on the other side of the room before turning around to another door "Two in fact".

"What kinda door is that, looks kinda weird" Skull asked, looking at the door which had a bunch of vines wrapped around it.

"Hmm, how am I meant to know" Mona shrugged, making Skull look down at him "Seriously! How do you not know! Stupid Car"

"Because I've never been stupid enough to fall all the way to the bottom of their Palace!" Mona yelled, stomping his feet "And how many times do I have to tell you! I am not a Cat!".

"Are they always like this?" Panther asked, with a sweatdrop while Joker sighed "Pretty much".

"Alright break it up, fighting gets us anywhere" Joker said, breaking up the two "I say we take a look, if this really is where Kamoshida keeps his insecurities then we might find something we could use, what do you think".

"Hmm, bit risky but could be handy" "Okay but if it's some huge slime we are at of here" "Hahaha! Alright, let's do it".

Joker smiled and nodded before walking towards the door currently covered with vines before pulling out his knife and slicing the vines into Tiny Pieces allowing them to push the door open, but didn't expect what was behind the door.

"Oh my god" Panther gasped.

"Holy shit!" Skull gawked.

"No way," Mona gulped.

"All…Might" Joker muttered, as he saw in front of him the beaten and bloodied body of the number one here tied up by vines and currently motionless. Poster of All Might around him which were all drawn on or destroyed as they heard the echoing voice of Kamoshida mocking him.

"What the hell is the Number one hero doing here?" Skull gawked, looking at All Might's body.

"It's the real him, it's most likely the cognitive version of Kamoshida, like the hero students or Lady Ann" Mona explained, making Panther cross her arms in disgust.

"This is seriously what he thinks of All Might? But why, I thought they were friends back when All Might was starting out" Panther questioned, before Joker looked back at her "It's for attention".

"What?" Panther blinked, looking at Joker as his gaze was focused on All Might.

"It's the same reason why he released my record to the school, he's scared of people taking away the attention that he once had must have been even worse when he was the number 1 hero" Joker explained, making Skull growl.

"That's total bullshit! He ruined your rep in this school all because he was scared of losing attention" Ryuji yelled, and this caused some motion coming from All Might "Huh?".

"Who…are…you…?" All Might asked, stunning the Phantom Thieves except Joker "Are…you…Heroes? No…too young…and scary looking…"

"We…we are Phantom Thieves…we're here to steal Kamoshida's Treasure and force him to confess" Joker stated looking down at All Might.

"You…you need to run…he's far too powerful for you…it's better to just do what he says and hope-" "No".

All Mights eyes widened before he looked up at Joker with a determined look in his eyes.

"He's done too many things to ignore it any more, things like this…Where you can't get a hero to save you…well… life won't be able to change if you don't do it yourself".

All Might stared at Joker's eyes before smiling and looking down "Maybe you really can make a change…very well, there's a shortcut behind the painting in the main room".

His body then began glowing as the four thieves blinked before All Might transformed into a skull shaped crystal which flew into Joker's hand.

"What's going on?! What the heck was that!" Skull asked, as Joker looked at him "How am I meant to know? Is this a treasure? ".

"Kinda? It's something important its called a Will seed" Mona explained, looking at it "It's basically something grows from someone's Desire, like a sapling on a tree so while it's not what we're looking for but it should still come in handy, I didn't even think you could find it this way".

"Well that's good at least, now we know what Kamoshida really thinks" Panther crossed her arms "So what should we do now".

"Let's check the other door and find that short cut so we can-" "We should leave".

Everyone looked at Joker with surprised looks as he turned to them "We already went through a lot today, it's best to take a break and then continue tomorrow".

"He may have a point, the guards mostly think we've died in the acid pit so if we come back tomorrow then the security most likely would have gone down" Mona explained.

"Ah I get ya, lower their guard by sneaking off and coming back later" Panther smiled, crossing her arms.

"Yeah plus we got that short cut too, so we can get even farther than we were before" Skull grinned, pumping his fist.

"Alright so that's the plan, let's head out of the castle" Joker nodded, before the four of them left the room and made their way towards the exit.

Real World

Third Person P.O.V.

"Phew!" Ann sighed, as we see the three students standing outside the vending machine as they used the money they got from the monster to get some drinks "I haven't been this exhausted in a long time".

"Yeah that was the same for us when we unlocked our Persona's, normal in the castle but the moment you leave the castle it hits ya like a truck" Ryuji grinned, leaning next to the wall.

"Ugh, tell me about it" Ann groaned, rubbing her head while drinking some juice "But why are you guys still okay?".

"Not sure, maybe it's because we already went through it" Ren wondered, rolling his arm a bit.

"Well that's good at least, but make sure you take a long rest Lady Ann, we need you all at 100 percent if we want to clear the rest of the Palace '' Morgana explained, as Ann just stared at him "W-What ''.

"Nothing just, you really are a talking Cat, or I guess Not-Cat" Ann smiled, looking at Morgana "I thought you were someone who's Quirk made you look like that but I guess not".

"Speaking of which, what are we gonna do with you? Can't exactly have you staying around the school" Ren wondered, looking over at Morgana.

"I just assumed I'd be staying at one of your guys' places," Morgana shrugged, looking at the three of them.

"Not me, my place doesn't allow pets" Ryuji shook his head, while crossing his arms ``What about you Ann? Your place is pretty big".

"Can't, I'd get chewed out if I brought a stray…again" Ann sighed, looking downward.

"Guess he's all yours Ren" Ryuji grinned, tapping his arm.

"I live in a restaurant and my caretaker really doesn't seem to like me…but I guess we don't really have any other choice" Ren sighed, "Maybe we'll get lucky and he's Cat person and will let you stay in his place".

"Hey! I am not a cat!" Morgana hissed, glaring at Ren making the others roll their eyes.

"Anyway you guys wanna get something to eat?" Ryuji asked, causing Ann to perk up "Ah! Yeah I'm starving! There's this stand I've been wanting to try in Shibuya for awhile".

"Well as long as it doesn't take too long, last time I ate to eat Sakura totally chewed me out" Ren sighed, as he proceeded to text Sakura before checking his pocket and blinking "Crap".

"What's up?" Ryuji and Ann wondered, with raised eyebrows.

"I think I left my wallet back in the classroom," Ren explained, checking his bag "You guys mind waiting here".

"It's cool" Ryuji shrugged, with Ann nodding.

Ren nodded at his teammates before turning around walking back into the school.

After a bit of searching he managed to find his wallet hidden within his desk before getting up and leaving.

"Hah!".

"Hmm?" Ren blinked, as he looked out the window at someone he recognised practising in the courtyard "Huh, would you look at that."

Down in the courtyard we see Yoshizawa currently practising as she danced through the courtyard, a ribbon in her hand which twirled around to follow her movements.

However during the dance she attempted a move that caused her to stumble and fall back.

"Hah again!" she groaned, rubbing her temples "I used to be able to do it before so why can't I do it now".

She then shook her head before standing up "I'll just have to try again, I'm sure that I can-" "BOO!".

"AH!" Yoshizawa jumped, before turning around to see Ren with a big grin on his face "Hehe, got you good huh?".

"S-Senpai! Don't scare me like that" Yoshizawa pouted, punching his arm a bit making him laugh.

"Sorry sorry Sumi, couldn't help myself, so what are you doing out here" Ren asked, looking around.

"Hmm? Oh right I never told you, didn't I" Yoshizawa blinked, before smiling "I was practising my Rhythmic Gymnastics, it's like regular Gymnastics but you have to do a bit of dance in it as well".

"Ah that makes sense, you were looking pretty good at it" Ren complimented her, making the girl smile.

"Thanks! It's my dream to compete international" she grinned, before looking down "Though to be honest, I have been in a bit of a stump ever since…um…".

"Something happened?" Ren asked, as his Kouhai hesitantly nodded "You wanna talk about".

Seeing the hesitant look in her eyes prompted Ren to shrug "It's alright you don't have to, but if you ever wanna talk just say the word".

"Hehe, thanks Senpai" Yoshizawa smiled, looking up at him "You really nothing like the rumours I've heard".

"Glad to have someone on my side that's not after those tickets" Ren smiled, scratching his cheek a bit.

"Oh yeah! I remember that! You were amazing during that match" Yoshizawa complimented "To be honest after seeing you with the grappling hook, I'd call you a proper rival if we were practising the same thing"

"Hehe thanks, I used to practise Dance a bit so maybe some of it came back during the match" Ren explained, surprising Yoshizawa "Wait, you used to practise dance!"

"Yeah, I thought it would help me out with my hero training if I practised something else, but my teacher kinda refused it saying 'you need to focus entirely on my training if you want to succeed me' or some crap like that" Ren sighed, rubbing his head.

"Aw, well that's disappointing" Yoshizawa frowned, before thinking of something as she looked over at Ren "Actually Senpai I was wondering-".

"Hey Ren! What's taking so long".

The two blinked before looking over at Morgana walking towards them before blinking "Wait, who's this?",

"Aw what a cute kitty!" Yoshizawa grinned, as she picked up the Kitty and started petting him.

"W-Wha! Hey I'm not ca- actually that feels good" Morgana purred, as he let Yoshizawa pet him.

"Huh, finally your guard down huh?" Ren smirked, which confused Yoshizawa as he looked at him.

"You know this kitty Senpai?" Yoshizawa asked, as he nodded while scratching Morgana a bit.

"Yeah, me and Ryuji were taking care of him a bit when we found him on the roof guess he got kinda attached" Ren said, with a teasing smirk making Morgana grumble.

"You're the ones who got attached to me" Morgana scoffed, looking away.

"I was actually thinking of bringing him in to stay with me, especially since the weather hasn't been that great" Ren explained, as Yoshizawa smiled.

"That's great Senpai! But do you have a name?" She asked, making Ren nod "Yeah, his names Morgana or Mona for short".

"Aw that's a cute name" Yoshizawa said, as Morgana growled "WHAT! It's not cute! It's cool! And you, stop calling me Mona!".

"Really chatty kitty huh?" Yoshizawa blinked, before handing him back to Ren "I should get back to my training though, thanks for this talk Senpai I needed to relax".

"It was nothing, good luck training" Ren smiled, as she nodded before the two split up with Morgana noticing the expression on his face.

Back outside the school we see Ren and Morgana walking towards Ryuji and Ann who were talking before noticing them.

"Oh hey! There you are" Ryuji called, as Ann stood up.

"So what took you so long? It wouldn't have taken you that long to get to the class" Ann asked, crossing her arms.

Before Ren could answer though Morgana jumped on the wall with a smug grin on his face "He was talking to a girl he likes".

"WHAT!?".

"Wha- hey! Morgana it's not like tha-woah" Ren jumped, as Ann suddenly grabbed his shoulders.

"I! Need! Details! NOW!".

"Let's go talk while eating!" Ryuji grinned, grabbing his other arm as they started dragging him away.

"Guys! Seriously! Come on, it's not like that!" Ren cried, as he was dragged off with Morgana quickly jumping into his bag.

Chapter Text

Yongen Jaya

Third person P.O.V.

"Hah I can't believe you did that" Ren sighed, as he walked out of the train station of Yongen Jaya and made his way.

"Heh, that's what you get for acting like I was some love attached pet don't forget I'm you Metaverse Sensei '' Morgana prompted, while Ren rolled his eyes.

"Yeah yeah I'm sure to call you Sensei to Sojiro and make me think I'm crazy" Ren said, as he walked up to the Cafe and opened the door.

"I'm back" He called, looking over at Sojiro reading the newspaper as he turned over to the young man.

"Ah good…I heard about what happened in your school today…" Sojiro commented, making Ren frown a bit "You didn't have anything to do with that, did you".

Blinking a bit Ren shook his head before crossing his arms "Nah I had nothing to do with it, though I wouldn't be surprised if people started blaming me or something".

"Right right…look just…get changed and come down, I have something to show you" Sojiro told him, confusing Ren before he shrugged.

"So this is my new place of residence" Morgana smirked, jumping out the bag while looking around while Ren went to get changed "Hmm, surprisingly clean for an attic…could use some work though".

"Thanks, put a good bit of work into it" Ren nodded, as he took off his uniform while reaching for some of his new clothes to change into.

"What was that I heard" They froze up as Sojiro walked up the stairs before spotting Morgana "You brought a Cat! Seriously".

"M-Meow!" Morgana cried, trying to mimic a cat which made Ren sweatdrop.

"Ah, um well…" Ren stuttered, trying to figure out a cover story before remembering what he told Yoshizawa "Me and a friend found him hiding in our school roof, I fed him a bit of my lunch and he kinda got attached and I didn't exactly feel right leaving him there with the weather and the teachers hunting for him".

Sojiro stared at Ren for a few moments before looking over at Morgana and sighing "Well guess it might help your Probation if you have something to take care of, just keep him upstairs when customers are around".

"You sure? I'd assume it'd make your cafe even more popular" Ren asked, as Sojiro sighed.

"And risk a cat messing up the food, absolutely not," Sojiro scoffed, crossing his arms.

"Hey! I'm not some stupid cat!" Morgana hissed, while Sojiro raised an eyebrow.

"Quite a chatty cat…you wouldn't have happened to have named him yet…have you?" Sojiro asked, with a bit of hope and excitement in his voice.

"Oh uh, his names Morgana or Mona for short" Ren stated, while noticing Sojiro's stature dropped a bit.

"And here I was gonna offer to name him…" Sojiro sighed, looking disappointed "I had a really good one too".

"What were you thinking of naming him?" Ren asked, prompting the Owner to smirk.

"Prince".

Ren and Morgana stared at Sojiro's proud face for a few moments before Morgana turned over to Ren.

"I like him, he has class".

"Anyway, hurry up and get changed already" Sojiro said, going back down the stairs as Ren did just that.

After a few minutes Ren finished getting changed before walking down the stairs to see Sojiro behind the counter with his arms crossed.

"So what's up?"

"Alright listen, I know I haven't really treated you the best here" Sojiro said, as Ren gave him a look that said 'That's an understatement'.

"You had a point, you're already dealing with this stuff at school so I should at least give you a break so how about this" he said, tossing Ren a key making him blink.

"I'll trust you in getting back home by curfew but in return, I'll need you to work behind the counter here sometimes" Sojiro explained, causing Ren to raise his eyebrow.

"Do I get paid?" he asked, making him Sojiro snicker a bit.

"With this place's income please" he smiled, before motioning to the beans that decorated the walls "Instead how about I teach you how to make the perfect cup of coffee".

"Coffee?...Now that I think about it, there's a lot of coffee beans here" Ren noted, looking at the wall "All different kinds too".

"Heh, thank you I'm quite proud of my collection and coffee making skills" Sojiro smirked, looking up at Ren "Might help you with some of your lady friends too".

"Fufu, seems like the Hierophant knows his stuff, perhaps he could come in handy for our future~" Ren heard Arsene say, as Ren just rolled his eyes.

"Sure, will you teach me your curry recipe too?" he asked, as Sojiro just shrugged "We'll have to see kid".

It took a few tries of Sojiro showing how the coffee machine worked as well as how to properly boil the coffee beans Sojiro had picked out for him but eventually Ren got the hang of things.

"Hmm…" Sojiro hummed, as he tried the coffee Ren had managed to make himself "Well it certainly isn't bad, pretty good for your first attempt actually, but I wouldn't say it's up this place's quality".

"That's fair I guess, at least I'm getting there" Ren shrugged, rubbing the back of his neck a bit.

"You better, making a good cup of coffee is integral as a gentleman and a Phantom Thief" Morgana said, as he ate some of the food Sojiro prepared for him.

"Hmm, who knows with a bit more training you could make it as well as I do…maybe" Sojiro mused, as Ren snickered a bit before they heard the chime of the bell as the door opened.

"Ah welco- oh…" Sojiro glared, as Ren looked over at a guy with black hair and grey eyes wearing a grey shirt with a black sweater over it and brown trousers with blue shoes.

"Been awhile Sakura-san, I heard about how you opened up a store so here I am" The man smiled, before crossing his arms "Wouldn't have hurt to have told me though, quite the nice location though right next to the station and everything".

"Your order?" Sojiro asked, a serious look on his face

"No small talk huh? Cold of you Sakura-san, oh but that smell…you're still making her curry huh?" he noted, catching Ren's attention. "Guess you still haven't gotten over her".

'Her?' he thought, with a raised eyebrow.

"What is your order, sir?" Sojiro repeated, getting even more annoyed.

"Oh come now Sakura…you know what I want to talk about" he stated, as Sojiro stared at him for a few moments before sighing.

"Hey kid, mind heading out to the bathhouse for a bit…or anywhere really, I gotta settle this" Sojiro asked, making Ren blink.

"Ah uh, are you sure?" he asked, only to get an unamused look on Sojiros face "Yeah I get it sure thing".

As he took off his apron to head out, Ren gave a quick glance to Morgana who nodded before Ren left the cafe to head to the Bath house across the street.

Later on after the bath.

"Hmm…seems like he went back home" Ren muttered, as he unlocked the door to the cafe while turning the sign to close and locking the door.

Walking up the attic Ren looked over at Morgana who was laying down on the bed looking exhausted "Was it that bad?".

"Yeah, they just wouldn't shut up about money stuff" Morgana sighed, as Ren sat down next to thim and rubbed his head "Best I can guess is that Boss has a daughter, and the money has something to do with her".

"Ah that actually explains a couple of things, like why we're staying in this attic" Ren mumbled, looking around the attic "She's probably like 5 or 6 and he thought I'd be a bad influence on her, which…well, fair enough".

"You gonna bring it up with him?" Morgana asked, but Ren shook his head "Nah, not really my business".

Ren then leaned back on the bed, putting the blanket over him as Morgana moved on the bed.

"Well you better get plenty of rest, we're probably finishing up the Palace route tomorrow" Morgana said, with Ren nodding.

"Yeah, that might be for the best, well night" Ren waved, as he leaned back and closed his eyes as the two went to sleep.

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

Shujin Academy

Third Person P.O.V.

Group chat: FUCK KAMOSHIDA!

Ryuji: Hey you guys, are you busy right now?

Ren: Just eating my lunch, what's up.

Ann: Yeah same, you need something.

Ryuji: Well, I was thinking it might make sense to try out our new Quirks

Especially since we don't know what Ann's does yet.

Ann: Oooh! Totally! I'd love that!

Ren: Yeah sure thing, where are we meeting up?

Ryuji: Let's meet up at the School Roof, nobody goes there any more.

Ren: Wouldn't it be closed off after what happened though?

Ann: Actually I went to check, and it doesn't look like it

Kinda messed up, they didn't do that actually.

Ren: Well this school is pretty a much a Hot mess

I mean they brought me, a known criminal.

All to rehabilitate me and get all the attention the school would ever want.

Ryuji: Yeah seriously, fuck this school.

"Well looks like we got a game plan, shall we go?" Ann asked, with Ren nodding as he put away his phone.

"Yeah sure, gimme a sec" He said, opening his bag so that Morgana jumped inside.

"What's going on?" Morgana asked, as he poked his head out of the bag.

"Looks like we'll be doing some Quirk training up on the roof" Ren explained, as he and Ann stood up making their way

As they left the classroom however, their teacher walked up to them with a tired expression.

"Amamiya-kun, could you come with me for a moment? I'd like to have a word" Kawakami asked, walking up to the two of them.

"Huh uh sure" Ren blinked, turning to the teacher while Ann grabbed his bag.

"Leave this to me, I'll meet ya up on the roof" Ann said, with a wink and Ren nodding.

"I didn't know you were close with Takamaki?" Kawakami asked, crossing her arms.

"Yeah I helped her out on the first day, then after the Quirk Relay we hung out a bit in Shibuya" Ren explained, making Kawakami blink in surprise.

"Wait…after the Quirk Relay…and you didn't do anything after that?" She asked, with Ren responding with a nod "Then those rumours aren't true…".

"What was that?" he blinked, only for Kawakami to shake her head.

"It's nothing, just come with me to the Guidance Office" Kawakami asked, with Ren nodding before the two walked off.

When they made it to the Guidance Office, the door soon opened up revealing Yoshizawa and Kamoshida.

"Ah Senpai!" Yoshizawa smiled, running up to her Senpai, making him smile.

"Yo, Sumi" He grinned, raising his hand as Yoshizawa blinked in surprise before smiling and high fiving him.

"I wouldn't be getting that close to him, Yoshizawa" Kamoshida scoffed, as the two looked over at him "Remember those students I told you that you need to watch out for, well he's one of the top on that list".

"Senpai wouldn't do something like that sir" Yoshizawa pouted, surprising Kamoshida and even Ren "Besides, should a teacher really be buying into some rumours".

"Tch, you wouldn't be saying that if you knew what he's done" Kamoshida scoffed, crossing his arms.

"Yeah I've done some bad stuff, like oh my gosh, I didn't give the mighty Kamoshida credit for doing absolutely nothing that made me win" Ren mocked, which made Yoshizawa giggle a bit.

"Tch, whatever you won't be saying that stuff once you're outta here" Kamoshida scoffed, walking past them.

"Wait…Senpai, what did he mean by that?" Yoshizawa asked, as Ren rubbed his head a bit.

"Um, Yoshizawa if it's alright could you two continue this conversation after we're done talking" Kawakami asked, making Yoshizawa blink.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hold you two back" Yoshizawa bowed a bit, before running off as the two headed into the guidance office.

"Alright, look I'm gonna get straight to the point…did something happen between you and ?" Kawakami asked, as the two sat in the Guidance Office.

"Why do you ask?" Ren asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Well first of all there was that little exchange just now, the fact that he's mentioning having seen you taking Suzui-san somewhere the night of the relay, which you say you weren't even at school at the time and he even gave me a brief lecture this morning, where your name came up…something about the dangerous of a lack of supervision" Kawakami recalled, as Ren leaned back crossing his arms.

"Well the day after the relay he tried going up to me to make a deal involving me giving him as much credit as possible for my hero training I said no, and may have pointed he seemed more scared of me taking away his attention, I mean you saw what he was like when All Might was here which he didn't like…" Ren sighed, as Kawakami noticed the red mark that was still on his face,

Kawakami's eyes widened at that and was about to say something before sighing "Look, just…I don't mean to pry, just try no to get into any more trouble alright".

"Not that you would care, you'd be jumping for joy if you didn't have to deal with me" Ren muttered under his breath which Kawakami didn't hear.

"Oh right and one more thing, that girl outside the office…you didn't make a pass on her did you?" Kawakami only to be surprised when Ren starts blushing like mad.

"W-W-What! O-Of course not! Why would you say something like t-that" he stuttered, his face still red as Kawakami just stared at him surprised.

"Huh…".

"I-I just helped her friend out from another school on my first d-day, then when l-lunch started I-I d-didn't have a-anything s-so she offered to s-split some with me a-as thanks" he gulped, crossing his arms "W-We only talked one other time after that, l-last night a-after school I-I came back after forgetting my wallet and found her training…".

"Well you certainly acted…unexpectedly" Kawakami sweatdropped, while Ren covered his face 'He's surprisingly kinda precious'.

"Sorry…I just, don't do well with that stuff" he groaned, before looking over at her "D-Don't tell anyone, please?".

"Y-Yeah sure thing…" Kawakami nodded, before shaking her head "Anyway, that's everything sorry for keeping you".

"I-It's alright" Ren said, still blushing a bit as he left the room.

When Ren left the classroom he was surprised to see Yoshizawa waiting for him "You're still here?".

"Sorry Senpai…I just had to know…is it true you're being expelled?" Yoshizawa asked, making Ren look down "Oh no…".

"It's not certain yet…but yeah, looks like it" he sighed, rubbing his head.

"What happened? The rumours of you and Suzui-san aren't true are they?" She asked, but Ren shook his head.

"Nothing like that, after what happened to her Ryuji got emotional, especially after hearing what Ann said to Kamoshida… he kinda rushed over to teach him a lesson and I had to stop him, but it was already too late and now it seems like he's using us as Scapegoats for what happened to Shiho" he sighed, as Yoshizawa gripped her hand.

"T-That's horrible! First the rumours and now this!" Yoshizawa growled, gripping her hand "Someone has to do something!".

"Don't worry Sumi, we are" Ren explained, making Yoshizawa blink "I can't really get into the details…but just trust me on this, and keep away from Kamoshida…"

"...Okay, I'll trust you Senpai" She nodded, before perking up "Anyway, I was also wondering if you wanted to go and have lunch together again?".

"Ah sorry I can't today, I was going to hang out with some of my other friends," Ren explained, rubbing his head a bit.

Yoshizawa blinked in surprise for a moment followed by a frown before she shook her head "That's alright Senpai, maybe next time".

Ren looked a little worried watching his Kouhai walk off and then sighed before crossing his arms.

"Guess I'll head up to the roof…" he nodded to himself, before proceeding to follow the route up to the roof.

"Hey guys sorry I'm late, that took longer…than…I…expected?" Ren blinked, as he bore witness to what was going on.

The rooftop was in utter chaos with Ryuji and Morgana on the ground looking and acting completely delirious as Ann tried shaking Ryuji awake while another girl he didn't recognise played with Morgana a bit, who was behaving more cat like then usual.

The girl he didn't recognise then spotted Ren and smiled, letting him get a better look.

The girl looks to be one of his Senpai's with chin-length curly light auburn hair and brown eyes. She wears her winter school's uniform modified to her taste: a pink turtleneck cardigan with short puffed sleeves and a long-sleeved white shirt underneath. The cardigan is zipped open up to her navel and has two large pockets on the front. She wears the standard black and red tartan skirt, white tights with a black flower pattern and black Mary Jane shoes.

"Oh hello there, sorry for all the commotion" the girl smiled, as she played around with Morgana a bit as he purred "Ah more, it feels so good."

"AH! Ren you're here thank god!" Ann cried, as she got up and ran towards him.

"What the hell did I miss? I was gone for less than ten minutes" Ren asked, still confused at what was going on.

"Well we tried out my new Quirk but when it hit Ryuji and Morgana they started acting all delirious and weird" Ann explained, as they peered over at Ryuji laying on the floor.

"Hah…hah…I wanna ride a pony"

"Right…but what about her?" Ren asked, pointing at the other girl who just smiled.

"Oh I came up here to tend to my garden when I found you all up here, when Takamaki explained I decided to help out by keeping this cute lil guy busy" The girl smiled, with Morgana beaming over at Ren.

"REN! We need to make her a Phantom Thief too! Her pet's and scratches are invaluable!" he begged, still looking dizzy,

"Okay okay, calm down there Morgana" Ren sighed, walking over and taking the not-cat out of the girl's hands.

"You know this kitty?" She asked, surprised as he nodded.

"Yeah he's mine but can't exactly keep him at the cafe I'm staying at so I have to bring him with me" Ren explained, as she beamed at him.

"You live in a cafe! Lucky! It's always been my dream to own a small cafe!" The girl cheerfully grinned, making Ren sweatdrop.

"Well it's not exactly like that, but you should visit, it's a small place in Yongen-Jaya called Leblanc Miss-" Ren said, making the girl blink.

"Oh that's right I never introduced myself" she stood up before looking at the three.

"My name is Haru, Haru Okumura" she introduced herself, as the others nodded "I'm a third year and I tend to the garden up here".

"Ah right, well I'm Ann, He's Ren and the dude down there is Ryuji" Ann introduced the trio, as Haru smiled.

"It's nice to meet all of you, oh you all were going to talk about something right? I'll give you your privacy" she smiled, bowing to them a bit before leaving the room.

Ann and Ren then looked down at the still delirious Ryuji and Morgana who were starting to come down from the effects.

"Hah, hopefully the rest of the Palace won't be as bad as this" Ann sighed, shaking her head.

"I mean we're nearing the end of the Palace right? What's the worst that could happen" Ren shrugged, as he leaned back while resting his eyes.

A few hours later

Kamoshida's Palace

Third Person P.O.V.

"O-Oh…so that's the worst that can happen" "FOR REAL?!"

In Kamoshida's Palace we see the four Phantom Thieves as they stood in a gigantic room with a pathway that was being blocked off by giant swinging axes stopping them from continuing.

"What kind of bullshit is this! How are we meant to get through here" Panther groaned, crossing her arms "We can't even go around it with those rising platforms".

After the group had finished up school they quickly returned to the Palace to continue their infiltration, taking the shortcut that the cognitive All Might informed the Thieves about they managed to get to the tower right behind the castle which Morgana confirmed the treasure was somewhere there after sensing it.

The tower was honestly even grosser than the actual castle, with rising and lower floors, statues of the female body in tight gym clothes which showed off their ass and chest, the only parts Kamoshida really care about them as well as statues of Kamoshida seemingly staring at them as it had his ugly mug on it.

Joker did manage to get a few more Persona's while replacing some of his current ones like an Angel one or one that looked like a Succubus, though he did have to get rid of some of his current ones like Kelpie and Mandrake.

"Hey Mona, what about that statue would it do something?" Skull asked, as Mona fiddled with the mouth a bit.

"Doesn't look at it, though it does feel a bit looser than the last one" Mona noticed, before jumping down.

"Uh what does he mean?" Panther asked, as Joker crossed his arms.

"When we were in the dungeon we found a statue just like this that lowered the drawbridge for us…though it looks like this one is missing something" Joker noticed while looking at the statues "Isn't it missing the eyes".

"Huh? Oh you're right!" Mona gawked, noticing the missing eyes while staring at the statue

"Woah dude do you have a photographic memory or something" Skull asked, looking back at Joker.

"Honestly at this point, maybe?" Joker wondered, crossing his arms ``Maybe it's something to do with me getting multiple Persona's' '.

"I don't think he was being serious" Panther sweatdropped, before Mona turned around.

"I bet the eyes are some kind of key, and we'll have to find them if we want to turn off this trap" Mona stated, making Skull sigh "We have to find another key, seriously".

"Where would it be though? There weren't any suspicious rooms like last time? Unless we have to go back to the rooms we skipped" Panther wondered, crossing her arms.

"If that's the case then most likely one of the guards has the key, probably someone strong so that intruders can't easily make it to the throne room" Joker guessed, with Skull groaning.

"An enemy, for real?! We can't beat every single one of these guys" Skull yelled, but Morgaan shook his head.

"Remember, this tower is separate from the castle, so most likely the one holding the key is somewhere around here" Morgana explained, "On top of that, it would have to be a high ranking one like Joker said".

"So one of the gold ones right? Perfect! Let's just go and find that one" Panther grinned, while Joker crossed his arms.

"I think I saw down on the lower floors so we might as well check if he has it," Joker recalled, while the others nodded.

Down on the lower floors they found the Golden Knight commanding some of the lower guards.

"Now!" Joker yelled, catching the guards attention as they looked up to see the four Phantom Thieves jumping down from the stairs.

Joker landed on the golden knight's shoulder while gripping tightly on the mask and ripping it off "SHOW ME YOUR TRUE FORM!".

The knights armour then burst off, along with the lower guards armour transforming into a Bertih and a group of Pixies.

"What?! The Phantom Thieves! You're meant to be dead!" The leading Berith yelled, as the Thieves got ready.

"Yeah well sorry buddy but that little trap didn't exactly work" Skull stated, with a smug grin while tapping his bat.

"You little! We'll make you bastards pay!" Berith yelled, as the shadows dashed towards the four thieves.

"Alright guys, be careful!" Joker said, as the others nodded before dashing off to fight.

"Take this!" Berith yelled, dashing towards Joker and thrusting his spear at Joker knocking him back a bit.

"Tch, that hurt" Joker growled, shaking his head before pulling out his gun.

He then proceeded to fire several shots at the shadow before dashing forward and slashing at the Shadow several times.

"Looks like you'll need some help! Zorro! Lucky Punch!" Morgana yelled, as he ran up Joker's back before jumping off his shoulder.

Summoning the Persona next to him, Zorro dashed towards the knight and punched the knight which he blocked.

He then thrusted his spear towards Morgana surprising the not-cat as he was sent flying back towards Joker.

"You okay?" Joker asked, catching Morgana before placing him down.

"Thanks, guess that didn't look really cool" Morgana sighed, but Joker smirked looking down at him.

"It's not about looking cool" he smirked, before standing up as his mask lit up into blue flames before flying off "Succubus!".

Flames manifested into a blonde woman with large black wings and a smirk on her face as Joker pointed to Berith "Dormina!"

Succubus smirked and nodded before pressing her fingers to her lips and throwing something at the Shadow causing him to stumble back "W-Why, am I so…tired…".

As Succubus turned into flames and moved back to Joker's face, he took out his knife and looked down at Mona with a smirk "You ready?".

"Heh, you know it" Mona smirked, taking out his own sword as the two of them dashed towards Berith.

"ORA!" Skull yelled, as he swung his bat at a Pixie sending it flying back to the wall.

"Man, at first I thought these were cute but now they're like bugs or something" Skull groaned, rolling his neck.

"I know right!" Panther nodded, as she whipped back one of the Pixies that tried kicking her.

"Like I thought Pixies were meant to be cute and pretty, not these creepy things!" She scoffed, as she kicked another one away.

The Pixies then moved as a yellow energy started covering their bodies, which Skull noticed.

"Oh shit! Look out!" Skull yelled, shoving Panther out of the way as the Pixies shot a bolt of electricity towards them.

"CAPTAIN KIDD!" he roared, summoning his Persona to help him take the bolt of electricity shot at him.

"Ryuji…" Panther blinked, looking at Skull as he smirked "Heh, this is nothing mind finishing them".

"You really are the same idiot kid" Panther smiled, as she got up and pulled her gun.

"TAKE THIS!" She yelled, as she fired a bunch of bullets at the Pixies while Skull just watched.

"H-Holy shit…".

"Angel! Kouha!" Joker yelled, as he summoned his Persona to finish off the Berith before turning back to the others.

"Guys, let's finish the rest off together with an All Out Attack!" "Right!".

All four then rushed in before jumping into the air, attacking the shadow in all directions before dashing past him.

All four of then struck a pose, with Joker fixing his glove, Skull doing a rock out sign, Mona crossing his arms with a grin and Ann doing a cute pose with a peace sign,

Behind them we see energy in the Pixies burst out before they exploded behind them.

"All right!" Skull pumped, as four got back up "Heh, that was easy".

"Not really Ryuji, you don't have to brag" Panther sighed, patting his shoulder only to wince at the static electricity still around him.

"Did you get the keys Joker?" Mona asked, looking over at Joker who was examining what the monster had dropped.

"Yup they're right here" he said, picking up the two keys "Looks like we got lucky, seems they were about to split up the keys with the guards,".

"Really awesome, now we won't have to go look for other ones" Skull grinned, but Mona looked at him.

"Don't get too overconfident, with all the commotion we made the guards must be aware of us so we'll have to move quick" Mona warned, while Panther crossed her arms.

"How close are we to the treasure anyway?" Panther asked, as Mona smirked "I can already smell it, we're just one floor away".

"Hell yeah! We're almost done!" Skull pumped, making the others smile.

"Alright, then let's wrap this u-ugh" Joker shivered, which the other noticed.

"You okay Joker?" Mona asked, looking up at their leader as he shook his head.

"I don't know? Just felt really weird for a second there" he muttered, rubbing himself a bit "I think it's passed now though".

"Ooh maybe it's a ghost" Skull jokes, only for Panther to slap his arm "What no! Ryu-er, Skull shut up!".

"It's probably just the wind, let's just head upstairs" Joker waved off their comments as they made their way to the throne room.

As they did however we see the ghost girl looking at them surprised as she looked at her hand.

"He…he really can…nobody else… but he really can notice me…" she muttered, still shocked as she stared at Joker with hope in her eyes.

Throne Room
Third Person P.O.V.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE STILL ALIVE!" Shadow Kamoshida yelled, enraged as he stood in front of at least a dozen guards "You all told me they fell for the trap and into the acid pit!".

"W-We're sorry your majesty" One guard gulped, kneeling down.

"W-When they fell into the trap we assumed that was it, especially since it's been so long b-but w-we suddenly started getting more reports" The other guard explained.

"They're not big time villains! They're a bunch of self righteous brats!" Shadow Kamoshida gripping his hand.

"I swear when I see those damn intruders' faces! I'll make them pay for everything they've done" he said, with a sinister grin on his face.

Not noticing on the higher floor the four thieves were sneaking past as they made their way towards the door

"Heh, what an idiot!" Skill grinned, as they moved to the door at the top of the stairs behind the throne.

Entering the door they were met by a large room filled with gold coins, jewellery and treasures of all kinds littered around the room as well as a floating blurry object floating in the middle of the room.

"Woah! Look at this place! This is awesome!" Skull then dove into the coins like a certain duck character "The treasures gotta be in here".

"Hey uh, what's that thing…it's floating in the air, is it important?" Panther asked, as they walked up to the blurry object before Joker reached his hand for it "Hey don't just touch it!".

"It feels weird…like moving your arm in water?" Joker noted, summarising the feeling as best he could.

"Fufu, that is the treasure we're looking for! We've finally found it" Mona grinned, while Joker looked at him "You sure? Doesn't really look like a treasure to me we can't even touch it".

"Yeah, I probably should've explained this before we got here." Mona sweatdropped, rubbing his head "It's just a desire right now, so it's not exactly a physical object just yet."

"Whaddya mean?" Ryuji asked, sitting on one of the treasure chest.

"Desire's don't have a physical form by nature, they're just general thoughts or an idea in a person's mind" Mona explained, crossing his arms "We need to make them aware of something like a Desire that exists, it changes to a physical form"

"Uh Joker, translation" Panther sweatdropped, looking over at Joker thought about it.

"So basically we need to let Kamoshida know his desire is about to be stolen to make it appear, have him already picture what his desire is in his head" Joker concluded.

"Heh, that's our leader for ya" Mona grinned, but Panther still had questions.

"How are we meant to do that though?" Panther asked, with Skull nodding.

"Yeah we can't exactly waltz up to Kamoshida and be like 'hey jerkwad, we're going to be stealing your treasure and you can't stop us''' Ryuji jokes, intending it to be sarcastic.

"That's exactly what we'll do actually, just in a more stylish way" Mona smirked, with the three humans just staring at him blankly.

"...What?".

"You must have heard this trope, we're going to leave a warning for Kamoshida, something like 'we'll be stealing your treasure tonight' or something like that"

"Oh I get it! We'll be leaving a calling card! That's totally something that Phantom Thieves would do" Ryuji grinned excitedly.

"And after that a treasure will appear…I think, this is kind of my first time" Mona admitted.

"This again…well I do think it's a good idea, so let's do it" Skull grinned, with the others nodding.

"But when should we do it? And who should write the calling card" Panther asked, only for Skull to step up.

"Ooh! Me! Me! Let me do it!" Skull grinned, only for Joker to step in.

"I was actually thinking we could all work on it, you know, put a little bit of ourselves into the card" Joker suggested, causing the others to smile.

"That's an excellent idea, and it would make them less likely to figure it out," Panther grinned.

"Yeah, besides I'm pretty sure if we let Skull do it it'll suck" Mona jokes, making Skull growl.

"What was that! You stupid cat!".

"Okay look, here's the plan" Joker yelled, catching their attention "Each of us will work on our own Calling Card tonight, then we take apart the best lines from each one and send it out tomorrow, that sounds good?".

The others nodded at that and made Joker smile "Alright, now let's get out of here before the guards notice us".

"This is really it huh…" Ann sighed, crossing her arms "We're going to make that bastard pay!".

"Yeah and avenging Shiho too!" Ryuji grinned, with the others nodding and pumping their fists as well.

Yongen Jaya

Third person P.O.V.

"Hmm, what to say…what to say…" Ren wondered, as he walked out of the station towards the cafe.

"Having trouble with the calling card?" Morgana asked, poking his head out of the bag.

"Yeah, it's a bit more difficult than I expected" Ren admitted, with a small nod "I'm just not sure what I want to say".

"Meh don't worry about it, besides you have all night to think of this and worst case scenario we can just work with what Lady Ann and Ryuji thought of" Morgana shrugged, with Ren nodding

"Fair enough, besides I'm exhausted I definitely need a break from everything toda- huh" Ren blinked, as he felt something off.

"Is that…woah!" He yelped, as he felt a powerful wind start pulling him down the alleyway.

"Ren! Look out!" Morgana yelled, making Ren blink before looking up and being met with a punch right to the face knocking him towards the ground.

"Gah, what the fu-agh!" Ren cringed, as he felt himself getting kicked in the gut by an unknown person before starting to join in.

"You little shit!" "We're gonna make you pay for what you did to Suzui!" "You're gonna regret thinking you can do whatever you want".

"What are you doing Ren! Fight back!" Morgana yelled, struggling to escape the bag.

"I-I can't" he stated, before he felt himself get wrapped up in vines and thrown towards a group of trash cans causing the bag holding Morgana to be found away.

"Ugh, what the hell" he groaned, slowly getting up before his eyes widen "Wait…you guys are…my classmates?",

"Don't you dare call us your classmates! You sick fuck!" Standing opposite of Ren were some of the students from the hero course.

"What are you talking about? What does Suzui have to do with this" Ren asked, making one of the students.

"We all know what you did to Suzui! We all heard the rumours!" One student growled.

"Those were fake! I was with Takamaki in Shibuya when it happened!" Ren argued.

"Don't play dumb! Kamoshida told us that he saw you going to Suzui after the relay! You're the reason she jumped off the roof!" Another student yelled.

Ren just gave them a deadpanned look with a raised eyebrow "So Kamoshida saw all those supposed actions…and did fuck all but watch".

The students blinked as they considered the point that Ren just made before one student shook his head.

"S-Shut the fuck up! You're just trying to confuse us! It's not going to stop us from beating the shit out of you!" The main student screamed.

"I'm telling you now you really don't wanna do this",

"And what? You'll tell the teachers? Nobody is gonna believe a criminal like you".

Ren just stared at them for a moment before sighing and standing up straight while getting his finger gun ready.

"Alright but just remember" he stated, before giving them a death glare and pointing his finger gun.

"I gave you an out".

Chapter Text

Clinic

Third person P.O.V.

"Mmm, uh…huh?" Ren groaned, as he slowly opened his eyes before looking around, finding himself in some kind of clinic "Where am I?".

"Ah so you're finally awake, that's good, seems my new medicine only knocked you out for a while" he heard, before looking over at someone sitting opposite of his hospital bed.

It looked to be a doctor, who has dark blue hair in a messy bob-cut with blunt bangs and brown eyes. She has red nail polish on both her fingers and toes. She is fairly short looking to be about to full foot under Ren. Her outfit consists of a typical white lab-coat that is worn over a short dark green dress. She accessories with a red grommet belt, a black studded necklace choker which connects to multiple necklaces, and strappy black platform high heels. And on her coat was a name tag reading 'Takemi Tae'.

"Who are you, how did I get here?" Ren asked, still clearly dazed as he moved up.

"You don't remember? Guess there were some more side effects" she noted, as she wrote some stuff down in her journal.

"What…are you writing down?" Ren questioned, only for the girl to shake her head.

"It's none of your concern, my name is Takemi Tae, you were brought here to my clinic cause you were found injured in the alleyway so I gave you some of my experimental medicine" Takemi explained, as Ren rolled his arm a bit.

"Huh that must be some really good medicine, I'm feeling a lot better" Ren complimented as he looked at wounds around him already healed.

"Just in case you have some head injuries, could you tell me what happened to you, and I'll compare it to what Toshinori told me" She requested, as Ren sighed, rubbing his head.

"Alright well let me see here…I was heading back from school after just getting off the train" Ren explained, as he attempted to remember what happened.

Flashback

Yongen Jaya, Night Time

Third person P.O.V.

"Hmm, what to say…what to say…" Ren wondered, as he walked out of the station towards the cafe.

"Having trouble with the calling card?" Morgana asked, poking his head out of the bag.

"Yeah, it's a bit more difficult than I expected" Ren admitted, with a small nod "I'm just not sure what I want to say".

"Meh don't worry about it, besides you have all night to think of this and worst case scenario we can just work with what Lady Ann and Ryuji thought of" Morgana shrugged, with Ren nodding

"Fair enough, besides I'm exhausted I definitely need a break from everything toda- huh" Ren blinked, as he felt something off.

"Is that…woah!" He yelped, as he felt a powerful wind start pulling him down the alleyway.

"Ren! Look out!" Morgana yelled, making Ren blink before looking up and being met with a punch right to the face knocking him towards the ground.

"Gah, what the fu-agh!" Ren cringed, as he felt himself getting kicked in the gut by an unknown person before starting to join in.

"You little shit!" "We're gonna make you pay for what you did to Suzui!" "You're gonna regret thinking you can do whatever you want".

"What are you doing Ren! Fight back!" Morgana yelled, struggling to escape the bag.

"I-I can't" he stated, before he felt himself get wrapped up in vines and thrown towards a group of trash cans causing the bag holding Morgana to be found away.

"Ugh, what the hell" he groaned, slowly getting up before his eyes widen "Wait…you guys are…my classmates?",

"Don't you dare call us your classmates! You sick fuck!" Standing opposite of Ren were some of the students from the hero course.

"What are you talking about? What does Suzui have to do with this" Ren asked, making one of the students.

"We all know what you did to Suzui! We all heard the rumours!" One student growled.

"Those were fake! I was with Takamaki in Shibuya when it happened!" Ren argued.

"Don't play dumb! Kamoshida told us that he saw you going to Suzui after the relay! You're the reason she jumped off the roof!" Another student yelled.

Ren just gave them a deadpanned look with a raised eyebrow "So Kamoshida saw all those supposed actions…and did fuck all but watch".

The students blinked as they considered the point that Ren just made before one student shook his head.

"S-Shut the fuck up! You're just trying to confuse us! It's not going to stop us from beating the shit out of you!" The main student screamed.

"I'm telling you now you really don't wanna do this",

"And what? You'll tell the teachers? Nobody is gonna believe a criminal like you".

Ren just stared at them for a moment before sighing and standing up straight while getting his finger gun ready.

"Alright but just remember" he stated, before giving them a death glare and pointing his finger gun.

"I gave you an out".

The students braced themselves for Ren's next attack…only for him to shift his hand upwards and fire a charged shot up in the air and explode.

"H-Huh w-what are you-" "HEROES! POLICE! ANYBODY HELP! I'M GETTING ASSAULTED! PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HELP MEEEEEEEEEEE!"

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH?!" The students screamed, as they looked at Ren who only smirked while falling back to the wall.

"You might wanna run, an assault charge would be horrible for your future~" he grinned, as they looked horrified.

"OH GOD HE'S RIGHT!" "QUICK! BAIL! BAIL!" "I DON'T WANNA GET A RECORD!".

"Phew thank goodness they fell for that" Ren sighed, sitting down as MOrgana jumped out of the bag.

"Why didn't you fight them? You could have handled them" Morgana wondered, looking up at Ren.

"And get another assault on my record, no thank you and besides I couldn't handle them did you see their Quirks" Ren explained with Morgana nodding.

"Yeah guess that fair point, it'd be more stupid to fight them" Morgana said, before looking up "Anyway let's head back before the boss gets worried".

"Right, right let's a-" Ren blinked, before cringing as he fell back.

"Are you okay!" Morgana gasped, looking up at Ren as he gripped his arm.

"Y-Yeah, g-guess I was a lot more exhausted…t-then…I thought" Ren groaned, as he started getting harder and harder to stay awake.

"H-Hey! Come on, Ren, stay awake! Hey! Someone help!".

"What's going on!"

Ren blinked before shakily looking up to see a figure making their way towards him "Are you alright".

'Who…?' Ren questioned, before finally passing out.

End of flashback

The door of the clinic then opened up as Ren walked out of the room with Takemi shortly behind.

Ren blinked as he found a familiar looking man sitting on the waiting bench with Morgana next to him in the bag "AH! Ren!".

"Hmm? Oh!" The man said, standing up and walking towards him "Thank goodness you're okay, Amamiya-kun was it?",

Ren eyes then widened when he finally recognised the man and tapped his palm "That's it, you're the guy me and Shiho met on the train station"

"Correct, my name's Toshinori Yagi, I found you after seeing your signal flare" The now named Toshinori explained, before looking over at Takemi "How is he, by that way".

"Hmm, well it's mostly exhaustion but I'm not sure why what happened to him was enough for you to pass out" Takemi wondered, making Ren gulp.

"Oh uh w-well the hero training was a bit r-rough so I guess I pushed myself pretty hard" Ren quickly explained, as Takemi raised an eyebrow at that before she shook her head.

"Hmm well if you're going to be pushing yourself like that again come back around" she said, handing Ren a business card "But please, try not to do something stupid like that again".

Ren rolled his eyes at that while reaching for his bag while Toshinori looked at him "I'll walk you home, I still got some questions for you"

"Do it, it'd be weirder if you refused" Morgana suggested, with Ren subtly nodding before the two walked out of the clinic.

"Alright let me get straight to the point" Toshinori stated, crossing his arms "This has something to do with Kamoshida doesn't it".

Ren and Morgana were surprised at this question, especially with the serious look that Toshinori was giving "Why would you say that…".

"I'm not fool, I was told by All Might about the injuries all over the Hero students bodies, the face that Kamoshida was bragging about your record despite it supposed to have been kept private and I heard the students running away mentioning Kamoshida" Toshinori explained, before looking up at Ren "Now tell me please, what's going on in the school…, I promise not to tell anyone that you told me".

Ren looked down trying to figure out what to do, he never considered that he would get the chance to solve this without the need to steal Kamoshida's treasure…but memories of the day he was arrested resurfaced.

Memories of the people who ignored him when he needed them the most…the woman he saved…his friends…his teachers…the master that trained his Quirk…and even his father.

"I'm sorry…but I can't…it's not that I don't want to but…" Ren admitted, rubbing his arm a bit while gazing down at the ground.

"Hmm…I understand…, especially your situation it must be hard to trust adults like me" Toshinori nodded, as they stopped outside Leblanc.

"A cafe huh? Might stop by here at some point" Toshinori noted, making Ren smile.

"You should, the curry and coffee are pretty good" Ren smirked, as Toshinori blinked.

"Coffee and…curry?" Toshinori questioned, making Ren smirk a bit at his reaction.

"Works a lot better than you'd explained, by the way I was wondering…why are you so focused on this?" Ren questioned "Most of the adults would just ignore this kind of thing".

"...it's the girl…"

"Shiho?" Ren blinked, with Toshinori nodding.

"If only I had acted sooner and taken Kamoshida in to question him…then maybe this could have never happened!" Toshinori admitted, closing his eyes.

Ren was taken aback a bit by this man's honesty, it's been a long time since an adult like him was openly honest to him.

"Wait…this is like…" Ren whispered, as his eyes widened remembering his conversation with the cognitive All Might, before he came to a decision.

"...The day before Shiho jumped, she was called to Kamoshida's office after school".

Toshinori's eyes widened before he looked up at Ren with a look of surprise "What?".

"I know because I was with her best friend at them time talking about how Kamoshida was black mailing her to keep Shiho in the class…, and now he's spreading around rumours that I had raped her…you can put two and two together from there" Ren explained, as Toshinori's eyes widened.

"Oh my god…" Toshinori muttered, looking down.

"I'm trusting you with this…so…don't let me down…All Might"

Toshinori's eyes widened as he looked up and saw Ren walking into the cafe before Toshinori nodded and walked off.

"So you noticed it too huh?" Morgana asked, popping his head out of the bag.

"Yeah, he reminded me a lot of the cognitive All Might and with the hair it only made sense," Ren explained, as he took out the Curry Sojiro had left for him and stuck it in the microwave.

"Are you sure this is okay though? Even if he is the number 1 hero, associating yourself with him could risk your identity as a Phantom Thief" Morgana asked, while Ren leaned back.

"I get that but this could also be insurance just in case we fail" Ren explained, looking at the cat "Even if we can't get the treasure, the number 1 hero is going to be going after him, sure it will be more of a hassle but at least we won't be so stressed".

"Oh that's a good point I never even thought about that '' Morgana smirked, before walking up to Ren ``You know you got a real knack for this stuff you know".

"Heh, guess I do" Ren smiled, as he took out his curry alongside Morgana's food and the two began eating their dinner.

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

The next day

On the way to school.

Third person P.O.V.

"Yo guys!" Ryuji called, running up ahead as he ran towards Ren and Ann talking to each other a bit as they headed to school.

"Morning, you seem energetic" Ann yawned, rubbing her eyes a bit.

"Well yeah of course I am, we finally get to show that Kamoshida what's for" Ryuji grinned, before Morgana poked his head out of Ren's bag.

"Don't say that outloud idiot!" Morgana yelled, with an irritated look on his face "We need to keep a low profile or Kamoshida will find out".

"Ah crap, you're right!" Ryuji yelped, quickly covering his mouth.

"By the way did you manage to print the Cards? We worked pretty hard on them last night" Ren asked, making Ryuji grin.

"Course I do! They're all in here" Ryuji nodded, motioning to the bag.

"This better be worth it, I've never gone in early before" Ann yawned "I get we have to keep guard while Ryuji is putting up the cards but did both of us have to come in".

Ren shrugged at that while crossing his arms "It just made sense, one of us has to keep an eye on Kamoshida while the other has to watch Ryuji's back".

"Still this is a bit nerve wracking, if we fail then that's it you're both done for and that bastard will continue doing what he wants" Ann sighed, crossing her arms.

"Actually I already took care of that" Ren shrugged, surprising both Ryuji and Ann.

"What do you mean?".

"Kamoshida sent some of the hero students to attack Ren, probably teaching him a lesson but luckily he was able to scare them away but he was still pretty hurt" Morgana explained, from the bag.

"Luckily someone who worked for All Might helped me up and brought me to the clinic to get patched up, he's apparently doing an investigation on Kamoshida and asked me for some info" Ren continued, surprising his teammates.

"Woah! Wait, you told him!" Ryuji gaped, in shock.

"You didn't tell him about the Palace and what we're doing right?" Ann questioned, while Ren smiled.

"Don't worry, all I told him was that you got a text from Shiho saying she was meeting with Kamoshida and that now he was spreading rumors that I had raped her, the only thing I lied about was that I was with you when you got the text" Ren answered, as Ann sighed.

"Oh thank goodness, people would think we were crazy if we told people about that" Ann sighed with relief.

"Wait, if there's someone investigating Kamoshida then should we still head to the Palace? Ryuji asked, only to get a nod from Ren.

"Of course, this is the most direct route to getting Kamoshida to confess, I just thought having a back up plan would lower the stress we would have about this" Ren shrugged, while the others nodded.

"Guess your right, it is a load off my back" Ryuji sighed, rubbing his head.

"Anyway, let's get this started guys" Morgana said, as the others nodded before they headed to the school.

However they were soon surprised to see a very anxious looking Kamoshida doing his duty and greeting the students who were coming in early, before he spotted the trio.

"Oh great and now it's all of y-" Kamoshida scoffed, before freezing when he spotted Ren.

"Surprised, those guys you sent after me ran away pretty quickly after I shot a signal flare" Ren smirked, with a wink as Kamoshida growled.

"I have no idea what you're talking about" he denied, crossing his arms making Ren shrug "Not like you'll be here for much longer, get out of my sight you brat".

"What was that-'' Ryuji growled, only for Ann to stop him and shake her head "It's not worth it, just ignore this freak".

Kamoshida smirked as he looked at Ann ``You're defending them Takamaki? Didn't you hear? Those two were the ones that raped Suzui and caused her to jump".

Ann just gave a fake smile as she turned to Kamoshida "Oh those are just some fake rumours, after all they were with me when this supposedly happened right?".

"WHAT!" Kamoshida yelled, his eyes widened.

"Yeah, she was pretty upset after that call you had so we went to talk and hang out" Ren explained, crossing his arms.

"Those rumours you were spreading around won't exactly work if the girl's best friend is backing us up" Ryuji grinned, crossing his arms "Besides you were the one who saw all that right? Why wouldn't you have done anything".

"Y-You, you little…get to class already" Kamoshida scoffed, crossing his arms as he walked towards the school.

'Damn it, I hate to admit but they got a point! With Takamaki on their side the whole rumours will be proven wrong and then they'll start questioning me, the principle should be able to protect me but with All Might here as well…wait a minute'.

An evil grin grew on Kamoshida's face as he walked off with Ren noticing this sudden change.

"You notice that Trickster?" Arsene asked, with Ren nodding.

"I did…I got a bad feeling about this" Ren mumbled, before explaining what he was going to do to his friend who both nodded and walked off.

Outside the principal's office we see All Might in his muscle form waiting to meet with Kobayakawa who was currently in a meeting, interviewing a new councillor for the students.

'This has to work…those children's futures hang on this…and if he won't listen to me then I'll get the police to look into thi-' "Well well, I'd recognise that hair from anywhere".

All Might's eyes widened before he looked over to see Kamoshida walking towards him with a painfully fake smile.

"K-Kamoshida, I-I thought you were welcoming the students"All Mightgulped, as he looked at the Gym teacher.

"Oh you know they're pretty grown up now, I'm sure they can follow the rules, besides why wouldn't I want to go and see my old kouhai" Kamoshida said, before smirking "You wouldn't happen to be here to say something would you".

All Might's eyes widened at that but he shook his head before looking determinedly at Kamoshida.

"Yes I am…the abuse of your students, sending students to assault Young Amamiya and sexually assaulting Young Suzui! I'm not going to stand back and let you do these things! As the symbol of Peace I'll make sure you're brought to justice" All Might declared, a powerful aura radiating from him.

Kamoshida was intimidated by this until he took a deep breath and grinned "Oh sure~ You can tell everyone about my secrets but I'll be telling everyone about your secrets, All Might".

"What are you talking about…" All Might questioned, before he was pushed to the wall by the Gym teacher.

"You don't think I wouldn't notice, you're getting weaker All Might even more then before" Kamoshida grinned, making All Mights eyes widen "How do you think this society will react knowing their saviour is on borrowed time or worse what would the villains do with this information".

"K-Kamoshida…why! Why are you doing this!" All Might growled, looking up at Kamoshida who smirked.

"Why? Because in here I'm the king, and I'm not letting anyone get in the way from my fun" Kamoshida explained, before leaning in "So here's whats going to happen, that Amamiya kid you like so much I want you to announce to the world he was the one that raped Suzui".

"W-What!" All Might gasped, unsure what to say as he was about to say something but Kamoshida smirked.

"Ah ah ah, you wouldn't want the fact you can barely hold your muscle form for an hour, would you? How do you think U.A. or all those students will be once they're targeted by every single villain you've put away"

All Might's eyes widened in horror as he looked at Kamoshida's smug face before he turned around and began walking off "Meet me in my office later and we'll talk more".

All Might just stood there not sure what to say before with a puff of smoke he returned to his skinnier form while he gripped his hand and turned around.

"DAMN IT!" he screamed, punching the wall in pure rage at being unable to do anything.

What was he meant to do? Risk these students' future to protect his own and his own students' futures or put Kamoshida away and risk his secret being revealed, causing this society to lose their symbol of peace.

Toshinori pulled his fist back looking at his now bleeding fist with a saddened expression "I'm…sorry, Amamiya-kun…but I can't risk the symbol of peace…".

Unbeknownst to Toshinori however, Ren was listening to this entire conversation, and had a look of disappointment on his face before he walked off.

Later on in the day

Third person P.O.V.

"Heh, so you were actually smart and decided to listen to me" Kamoshida smirked, as he saw Toshinori entering the room with slumped shoulders "And your skinny form too, been awhile since I've seen that".

Toshinori didn't say anything and just glared at Kamoshida who smirked "Ah that's what I was looking for, feels so good to finally put you in your place, this is what you get for trying to help trash like that delinquent".

Toshinori gripped his hand at that, barely keeping the rage he was holding back.

"Now how shall we go about this" Kamoshida mused, as he tapped his chin but then the door suddenly opened up revealing one of his students.

"K-Kamoshida!" The student yelled, making Kamoshida scoff as he looked at him.

"Don't you see I'm busy! What do you want" He growled, making the student gulp.

"D-Down stairs! O-On the bulletin board! Y-You have to see it!" The student yelped.

When he said that both Kamoshida and Toshinori raised their eyebrows while looking at each other before leaving the room to see what was going on.

"What is this?" "What's going on?" "Is this for real?" "Did Kamoshida do something wrong?" "Where did these come from?" "A-Are villains coming!".

'Why are there so many students?' Toshinori thought, surprised as when he got downstairs he was met by a large number of students all standing in front of the bulletin board looking confused as well as scared.

"What are you all standing around here getting back to cla- hmm?" Kamoshida blinked, also seeing what was on the bulletin board.

On the bulletin board was a large number of red cards placed around the Bulletin Board spelling Kamoshida's name in Kanji, but what the cards said was even more shocking.

Sir Suguru Kamoshida, the Bastard Has-been of lust.

We know how shitty you are, and how you put your twisted desires on the students who aren't able to fight back and steal the achievements they deserved all to get some sick sense of glory.

The futures of the students you were responsible for has instead has been twisted into your playthings, being forced to battle each other for your entertainment and when they lose you take them to your 'extra training' which is just you assaulting them so that you can relieve your stress

You were even responsible for a student to throw away her own life, and all you did was sit back and laugh while pushing the blame on innocent students while continuing to make the lives of the other students in this school an utter hell.

We have had enough of watching this go on and we're done waiting for Heroes or the Police to come and save the day. Tonight we will be forcing you to confess your sins by stealing that distorted desire of yours.

Try and catch us if you can~

From: The Phantom Thieves of Hearts

"The Phantom Thieves…of Hearts?" Toshinori muttered, completely confused at the note, could it be just a prank…or worse, a villain coming for payback.

"WHO DID THIS!" Kamoshida roared, in pure rage while looking at the students around him.

"WAS IT YOU! OR WAS IT YOU!" he yelled, swinging wildly at the students around him as they began scrambling to get away.

"Kamoshida! That's enough!" Toshinori stated, getting the students away while Kamoshida growled.

"When I find out who did this! They'll be sorry!" he growled, crushing the calling card in his hand.

"Look at that, it's a predictable reaction for someone who knows what we mean by 'distorted desires'" Morgana smirked, from Ren's bag as we see Ren, Ryuji and Ann watching this from a bit down the hall.

"Heh, man it's so fun to see this get to him, '' Ryuji grinned, excitedly.

"I did think the card was a bit wordy…but I guess I can't argue with the results" Ann shrugged, crossing her arms.

The trio then froze up as they spotted Kamoshida turn his attention towards them "It was you two! Wasn't it!".

"What are you talking about Kamoshida?! We just got here, b-but this calling card business is like soooo scary" Ann gulped, very dramatically that made it obvious she was acting.

Ren sweatdropped at her response before shrugging "You're the mighty Kamoshida aren't you? If we really did do this then you would have already figured this out right? Must be some villain group trying to get back you over some grudge back in your glory days".

"Talking back to me huh? You little, punk!" Kamoshida growled, raising his arm but Toshinori stopped him.

"That's enough Kamoshida" Toshinori said, as he grabbed Kamoshida's arm "You need to come with me, if there really are villains after you then its better not to be here I'll take you somewhere safe".

"Tch, fine not like they'd be able to do anything" Kamoshida scoffed, as he turned to the exit but then Ren blinked as Kamoshida shifted to his shadow self.

"Heh go ahead, let's see if you really steal it you trash".

'What was that?' Ren blinked, confused as Kamoshida was shifted back before leaving.

"Judging from Kamoshida's response…I'm sure we had an effect on his Palace" Morgana smirked, with the others nodding.

"Hey".

The Phantom Thieves then blinked as they looked over at Toshinori with a concerned look.

"I don't want to believe it was, but if you are thinking of doing something then don't… at worst you all could be arrested or-" "And what? Abandon everyone here like you did for us".

Toshinori's eyes widened as he saw the serious look in Ren's eyes "Oh…you heard that…".

"I did…this whole thing wasn't us…but at least there are people who are willing to risk themselves to save people" Ren stated, before the three walked off.

Toshinori could only look down with a look of shame on his face as he gripped his hand.

Kamoshida's Palace

Third person P.O.V.

"Huh so I'm the first one here" Joker said to himself as he walked into the Palace.

Ryuji and Ann had some things to finish up before they could begin the infiltration so Morgana said that he would wait for them and bring them in when they got there while Ren would go in and watch out for any guards looming in the area.

"Doesn't seem to be any guards thought so that's good at lea- huh?" Joker blinked, noticing Justine waiting for him while sitting next to a blue door.

"Ah so you have finally arrived Inmate" Justine noticed, as she stood up.

"Wait, you're here? How are you here!" Joker questioned, only to get ignored as Justine opened the door.

"My master wanted to have a word with you before you begin this battle, follow me" Justine explained, before walking into the door.

Joker rolled his eyes at that before following the girl as they entered the door.

"Huh, so that's how you get in without the nav" A few minutes later we see Skull, Panther and Mona walking into the castle.

"Heh yeah, I'm pretty impressive aren't I" Mona smirked, while crossing his arms.

"Oh look there's Joker, hey!" Panther called, only to get no response from their leader "Huh?".

"Hey dude come on, we gotta go" Skull sighed, as he walked up to Joker only to pale when he saw his face "What the hell?!".

"What's up? Woah!" Panther gasped, as she and Mona walked up to Joker, seeing that eyes were now completely blue and glowing.

"M-Mona what happened to him" Skull yelled, looking down at the not-cat as he jumped.

"H-How am I meant to know! I've never seen anything like this before" Mona shot back before Panther gasped.

"W-Wait, you said that Joker can have multiple Persona's right? What if this is a side effect" Panther questioned, making Mona gulp.

"I-I mean that is possible, I-I don't exactly know everything about his ability…he could even be stuck like this" Mona wondered, causing Skull to freak out.

"H-Holy shit! S-Should we take him to a doctor or something" Skull yelled, before gripping his shoulders.

"Alright help me lift him and we'll get him outta he-" "Uh, what are you doing".

Skull, Panther and Mona blinked before looking up at Joker, now back to normal, who had a confused look on his face "Did I miss something or…".

"Dude! You were all spacing out! And your eyes were glowing!" Skull yelled, confusing Joker.

"Uh wha-? I walked into that door" Joker said, pointing to the door behind him but this confused his teammates.

"What door?"

Joker blinked in surprise at that before looking over at Justine and Caroline walking out of the door who seemed to also be unseen by the others.

"Only those who have been invited are able to see this door and enter the Velvet Room" Justine explained, with Caroline nodding.

"That's right! But you better not get full of yourself! Remember you're still the inmate here!" Caroline yelled, prompting Ren to roll his eyes.

"I was well, getting new Persona's…found a way to fuse the ones I already have" Ren admitted, scratching his cheek while the others looked at him in shock.

"For real?! That's freaking awesome!" Skull grinned, with stars in his eyes.

"How were you able to do that!" Mona gawked, completely shaken up at this revelation.

"I'd uh, rather not say…"

"Why not? Come on just tell us" Panther asked, but Joker shook his head.

"Just trust me, you do not wanna know…especially not now, maybe I'll tell you guys later" Joker stated, before shaking his head as he remembered what the twins did to his Persona to fuse them together his body shuddered at the thought.

"Anyway, you guys got the supplies right?" Joker asked, with Skull and Panther nodded "Great then let's go!".

The others agreed to this as the Phantom Thieves turned to the castle to begin their infiltration.

Throne room

Third person P.O.V.

"Holy crap!" Skull gawked, as after they followed their path to the castle's throne and back to the treasury they were met with a large crown floating in the middle of the room.

"Awwwwwww yeahhhhhhh! The treasure has appeared" Mona cheered, as he jumped for joy.

"It's freaking huge" Joker gawked, looking up at the floating treasure.

"What do you think? It's just as I said, now we're able to steal it" Mona grinned, excitedly "Ahhhh~~~ The shine brings tears to my eyes".

"To be honest…it kind of pisses me off" Panther scoffed, crossing her arms "Why's it so pretty? Isn't this meant to be Kamoshida's desires?".

"T-Treasure!" Mona swooned, with stars in his eyes.

"Uh you okay there Mona? You're acting weirdly excited" Skull questioned, while rubbing his head.

"You can say that again, what's up Mona?" Panther asked, before being surprised as the cat suddenly leapt towards the crown.

"Meeeeoooowwww~~~~~!".

"Hey! No! Bad cat! Get off the treasure!" Joker yelled, as he tried pulling Mona off the treasure but his claws just dug deeper "It's not freaking catnip! Get off!".

"Come on! What the heck are you doing" Skull questioned, backing Joker up as they pulled off the treasure.

"Huh-Ah! S-Sorry got carried away there, didn't mean to act like that in front of you Lady Ann" Mona apologised, as they placed him down.

"You were completely out of character, what was all of that about?" Panther asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"I couldn't stop it, it's like I was instinctively drawn to the desire" Mona sighed, before gasping "Wait! Doesn't this prove I am a human though! What other creature would get so excited by this".

"I'm pretty sure anything would see something big and shiny and get distracted by it." Joker sweatdropped, rubbing his head a bit "I mean that just makes you closer to a crow if anything".

"Yeah! Besides, you were totally meowing and stuff just like a ca-" "No, we aren't having this argument again, especially now!" Joker stated, swiftly covering Skulls mouth.

"A-Anyway, let's take the treasure and get out of here" Mona directed, making Skull sigh as he walked up to the treasure.

"Jeez, all you do is bark orders…still this was easier than I thought! I was thinking there'd be some big trap or something" Skull smirked, as Joker gasped.

"Dude! Don't say that you're gonna jinx us!" Joker stated, which Panther giggled.

"What are the odds of that actually happening, come on let's just go" Panther said, with the others nodding before they moved to grab the treasure.

Joker, Skull and Panther held the large crown as they began to slowly move out of the treasure room. They kept moving out through the throne room, trying to swiftly escape the castle.

"Go! Go! Let's go, Kamoshida!" A voice said as someone else grunted and a ball shaped rocked whizzed past the thieves and hit the crown, knocking it out of their hands.

Someone then jumped over them and turned the crown to a normal size, before picking up the crown and holding it in his hand confidently.

"I fucking knew it!" Joker groaned, as they saw that the person was the king himself, Kamoshida. Fake Ann then ran up beside Kamoshida and hugged him while several guards stood behind him.

"I won't let anyone take this! This proves I am the king of this castle-it is the core of this world!" Shadow Kamoshida growled as he looked annoyed at the thieves for daring to touch his crown.

"That rat bastard... That's how he sees me, isn't it?!" Panther scoffed, as she looked at Fake Ann in disgust.

"Yo, Pervert. Were you waiting to ambush us?" Skull smirked, punching his palm as he gazed upon the king and the crown.

"I just made it easy to find you. I'll dispose of you myself. Right here, right now." Kamoshida boldly claimed as he looked upon the thieves.

"That's our line, you're sexually harassing' d-bag!" Skull growled as he gripped his fist, ready to pummell Kamoshida like the coward he was.

"Ya know, pretty big shit talking, coming from the coward who always hid behind his guards for protection. I don't know how tough you think you are, but trust me, you're nothing but a slimy, hairy, little rat desperately clinging to his old glory." Joker gloated as he looked upon the king with a confident smirk.

"What was that?! You piece of shit! Why do you always seemingly get on my nerves!" The king yelled at Joker before shifting to a grin as he turned his attention to Skull "And what a selfish misunderstanding."

"How is it a misunderstanding!? You were doing unspeakable things that you kept secret from others!" Ann yelled, as she looked at the king with anger and annoyance fueling her body.

"People around me were the ones who kept it secret. Adults, who want to share in my accomplishment, students that have the drive to become winners. They willingly protect me so we all make profit from it." Shadow Kamoshida spoke as he looked upon the thieves with a look of confidence.

"Profit?!" Skull looked at the king now with a look of surprise rather than one of annoyance or rage.

"There are too many imbeciles who don't understand that! Including naive brats like you and that girl who tried to kill herself!" Kamoshida said with a look full of sinister malice.

"Wrong, I was the one who was naive…Shiho got into the hero course through her own strength and accomplishments…I should have trusted in her own strength and not let you manipulate us like that!" Panther declared, a serious look in her eyes

"Panthers right! The only thing you have here is your image, everything else you do here you absolutely suck at!" Joker yelled, a serious look on his face "All of your students barely know how to use their Quirks outside of destroying shit! You even sent them after me but one signal flared and they ran off! They all have the potential to become heroes! But you took that away for your own sick entertainment!".

"Drop the attitude, you mediocre peasants! There is no wrong in using my gifts for my gain! I'm a cut above all other humans! All other Heroes! Before that bastard showed up I was the number one hero!" " The king yelled, as he looked down upon the thieves.

"Cut above? If anything, you're a cut below! You're a goddamn demon, obsessed with your sick desires!" Panther growled, with Joker crossing his arms.

"And yet you had to rely on All Night to save your sorry self, how great of you mister 'cut above all other humans''' Joker mocked, as he rolled his eyes.

"Gghhh, you little bastard! Don't mention that son of a bitch's name in front of me ever again!" Shadow Kamsohida yelled, as his eyes began glowing before a Red and black energy surrounded Shadow Kamoshida and the fake Ann as their forms began changing.

(Play Blooming Villain, Persona 5)

"WHAT THE HELL?!" Skull gawked, as they saw what Shadow Kamoshida transformed into.

Kamoshida became a large naked pink demon with multiple arms and legs as well as a thick purple tongue about as long as he himself is, while wearing his Treasure as a crown and sitting on a monstrous throne with live eyes, at the sides of said throne, lie gigantic golden balls with chained student slaves. He wears a red cape on his back, with multiple medals hidden within it. He carries golden eating utensils in his lower arms while his upper arms carry a riding crop and a wine glass containing wine and the Cognitive Ann.

"PREPARE TO GET RE-EDUCATED YOU SCUM!" Shadow Kamoshida roared, looking down at the Thieves.

"H-He transformed" Joker gawked, looking up at the monster while Mona growled "So he finally showed his true colours".

"Woah, can we even get to the treasure like this" Skull asked, before Mona looked over at him "The only thing we can do is try".

"Huh, oh shit!" Skull yelped, as several guards rushed towards them only to be swiftly destroyed by Kamoshida's attack "Holy shit, he killed all of his guards".

"DIE YOU RAT!" Kamoshida yelled, as he tried stabbing Skull with his knife.

"Oh no you don't! Hah!" Skull grinned, as he used his bat to knock Kamoshida's hand back.

"Carmen! Agi!" Panther called, as her mask turned into blue flames before transforming into Carmen who smirked and charged twin fire balls before throwing them towards Kamoshida.

"GUAAAAAGHH!" Kamoshida screamed, as he was hit right in the face leaving a large burn mark on his face "You bitch!"

Suddenly Kamoshida shot his tongue towards Panther to wrap around her but Joker quickly blocked the attack by grabbing the tongue and stabbing it with his knife.

"Oh god, this is so gross! Andras!" Ren called, as his mask turned into blames before changing into a new Persona which had a masculine body but with a bird like head and two wings "Use Tarukaja!"

The Persona nodded, before quickly turning around and shining a light at the incoming Mona.

"Heh thanks Joker! Come out my other half!" Mona yelled, jumping into the air as he summoned Zorro.

Kamoshida reached his hand out towards Mona and Zorro but the two swiftly slashed the giant causing Kamoshida to cry out in pain.

"Now Zorro! Lucky Punch!" Mona commanded, as Zorro dashed forward towards Kamoshida before punching him right in the face.

"Ah yeah! Nice shot kitty!" Skull cheered, as Mona landed on the ground.

"Heh, I already knew that…also,, I AM NOT A CAT!".

"YOU BASTARDS!" Kamoshida screamed, as they turned back to him before he slammed his riding crop "Slaves! Get in here now"

"Hehe~ Coming my king~" The thieves blinked, as they saw a cognitive version of Shiho coming in followed by several of the slaves including Mishima carrying a large chalice holding several feminine bodies.

"Shiho!" Panther gasped, as she saw her friend wearing a fluffy white bikini with matching wristbands and collar, a white rabbit tail and ears, hot pink heels and a crown.

"That's not her, it's Kamoshida's cognition of her," Mona explained, with Panther nodding "I know…but still…".

Stabbing his fork into the chalice Kamoshida brought the female bodies up before shoving them in his mouth and swallowing them which healed all his wounds.

"FOR REAL?!" Skull yelled with bock shock and annoyance in his voice.

"Hehehe, excellent work Slave, that's my girl! We'll be having some fun after this" Kamoshida laughed, as he extended his tongue and licked the girl all over who just giggled.

"Aw your majesty, you're such a perv hehehe" Shiho giggled, while Panther looked disgusted.

"You wanna take them down, please?" Joker asked, basically begging as Panther nodded "Yeah, I don't wanna see this".

"Oh thank god, JACK FROST!" Joker yelled, summoning his snowman like a Persona who was jumping up and down while saying 'hee' and 'hoo' "Mabufu!",

The Persona then conjured a frosty wind which froze the cognitive students in place before Panther finished them by firing at them with her gun shattering them.

"Thank god, I did not want to see that" Panther sighed, with a saddened look on her face.

"You bastards! She was one of my favourite slaves!" Kamoshida yelled, with pure rage as he used his Quirk to create several rock balls "That's I'm not going anymore! SPECIAL MOVE! POWER SPIKE COMET!"

"Everyone! Look out-AAAAAHHHH!" Joker screamed, as Kamoshida balls shot down towards them.

All of the Phantom Thieves were hit by shattered rocks and flames that knocked them towards the ground.

"Hehehe! Get up! I'm gonna make this a lesson you'll never forget" Kamoshida grinned, as the Thieves groaned "You'll learn what happens to anyone who dares to defy me! And where slaves like you really belong!".

"Ugh damn, talk about your power spike" Skull groaned, as the Thieves got back up.

"Everyone, okay?" Joker asked, looking at the teammates.

"Yeah, I'm still in one piece" Panther sighed, rubbing her head.

"Same, but still that last attack was dangerous" Mona stated, as he got back up and had Zorro cast a Media to heal them with Skull nodding.

"You can say that again, I don't think I'll be able to get back up if we get hit by that again" Skull groaned, with Joker nodding "Me neither, we can't keep this up".

"But how can we beat him if he can just heal himself again- woah!" Panther jumped, as they dodged another attack from Kamoshida as he swung down his riding crap.

"WHAT DO YOU SLAVE'S THINK YOU'RE DOING! STOP CHATTERING AND LET ME DESTROY ALREADY!" Kamoshida roared, swinging wildly at the Thieves.

"Hey! We were talking about you dick!" Skull yelled, pulling out his shotgun before firing at Kamoshida's head and towards the ground.

Joker was surprised when Kamoshida moved his head out of the way as the shot was about to hit the crown "Watch that slave! You almost dented my crown!"

The Thieves jumped out of the way of another attack and took cover behind the statues as Joker peered his head out "Did you guys notice that? This was the first time he actually dodged".

"Huh…now that you mention it" Skull nodded, noticing it as well.

"But what would hitting the crown do?" Panther asked, looking up at Joker.

"I think maybe if we can knock the crown off his head, it may distract him enough for us to finish this up" Joker concluded, making Mona smirk.

"That's not a bad idea, the treasure is representative of what started his distorted desire so it must be something truly important to him" Mona explained, crossing his arms "But if we're going to be doing this then we'll need someone to act as a decoy to draw his attention, that's the only shot we've got but whoever is the decoy will get hit pretty bad, who'll do it".

"I'll do it" Joker stated, surprising the others "Mona you go and get the treasure, you're the one he knows the least so he may pay less attention to you".

"But what about you dude! You saw what those attacks are like" Skull yelled, as Joker looked at him.

"I get what you mean but either way we're screwed, if we don't do something fast he's going to wear us down and if we run, we'll all be screwed," Joker explained, while Skull and Panther looked at him surprised.

"The hero I met…he was blackmailed by Kamoshida to say that we were the ones who raped Shiho…so the only way we can't run from this…we're the only ones who'll be able to make a change" Joker stated, a determined look in his eyes.

"Heh, you're right" Skull grinned, before punching his palm "We can't let Kamoshida keep running around out there! We've gotta beat him here and now!".

"There's no way we're running away from this! Morgana we're counting on you" Panther smiled, looking down at the cat.

"What is this?! The criminal, the delinquent and the bimbo think they're smart enough to make a strategy!" Kamoshida laughed after finding them "It doesn't matter how hard you'll try you can never beat-" "Oh shut the hell up already".

"What?!" Kamoshida blinked, as he turned his attention to Skull who had a cocky smirk on his face.

"I'm getting real sick of hearing you yapping about your bullshi-woah!" Skull yelped, as he jumped out of the way of Kamoshida's attack.

"Heh, I'm surprised a sick pervert like you got hired as a teacher! You suck at it after all, all you did was force the hero team to fight each other! And I bet if they lost it was your excuse to beat the shit out of them! Take out all your petty frustrations about your shitty life didn't you!" Skull yelled, as he swung his bat at Kamoshida's hand.

"Yeah! And what's wrong with that! I did the exact same thing to the track team! I tortured them every chance I got for thinking they could be on the same level as a hero like me! Hah! Anyone who can't use a Quirk is nothing but rats!" Kamoshida yelled, before punching Skull, sending him flying back before crushing him with his palm.

"Don't remind me, I couldn't stand the pain they were in and I couldn't help but deck you! Looking back at it, I actually regret it" Skull grunted, looking up at the disgusting monster.

"Hahahaha! You finally realise how much of a dumbass you were that day!" Kamoshida laughed but Skull smirked right back at him.

"Uh no, I regret beating the shit out of you even sooner now that I know how much of a slimeball you are" He grinned, making Kamoshida growl as he was about to stab him with his knife.

"Oh no you don't!" Panther yelled, as she used her whip to knock Kamoshida's hand back.

"You really are the worst! I can't believe someone like you became a teacher!" Panther scoffed, while glaring daggers at Kamoshida "You think the whole school is your castle and you can do whatever you want? That's something a selfish brat would think! Guess you never did grow the hell up, you man child!".

"Step out of this castle and you're nothing but a creepy old man! A fossil of a hero that nobody gives a shit about anymore" she continued, which made Kamoshida fume with anger.

Kamoshida raised his hand and swung it towards her but Panther quickly leapt out of the way before landing on the ground ``Shiho's life was ruined by an overgrown man child… just the thought of that makes me wanna puke!".

"Hold still you rat!" Kamoshida yelled, slamming his hand together to crush Panther but when he opened it up she was gone "WHAT?!"

"Up here!" Panther yelled, as Kamoshida looked up to see Panther hanging on Joker's grappling hook as he held onto the roof's bannister.

"Get ready…" she began, letting go of the rope and using the momentum to deliver a powerful strike with her whip right at Kamoshida's face "I'm going to make you pay for everything you've done!".

"Bitch!" Kamoshida yelled, quickly slamming panther towards the ground with his riding crop "So what if I beat on a slave or two! Who cares! The same goes for your rats! Do you really think any of you can do anything to me!".

"Course we can! And you know it too!" Joker smirked, before firing several bullets at Kamoshida making him growl as he turned to Joker on the higher level.

"After all, hup!" Joker jumped back as he dodged an attack from Kamoshida before making a dash "If you weren't scared of us then you wouldn't have needed to beg All Might to help you out!".

"I didn't beg! I outsmarted him!" Kamoshida screamed, thrusting his knife forward but Joker quickly jumped off the bannister before firing his grappling hook to swing around the room.

"Are you sure? Cause I was there, recorded it too. You were all like 'Waa! Waa! All Might! These jerks are being mean to me! They won't listen to me and are taking all my attention! You better go tell them off or I'll tell everyone your secret! Waaaaaaa!'" Joker mocked, making Kamoshida growl before he shot his tongue towards the thief.

However this made Joker smirked as he landed on the tongue before sliding down it and quickly jumping towards Kamoshida's face.

"GYAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Kamoshida screamed in pain, after Joker swiftly stabbed his eyes with his knife.

"YOU CHEEKY BRAT!" He roared, before grabbing Joker and slamming him towards the ground.

"HOW DARE YOU! REMEMBER YOUR PLACE!" Kamshida yelled, as he began punching Joker into the ground more and more "You insects have no right to say anything about what I do! In fact you're so beneath me you don't even have the right to speak with me!"

"I AM HERO! I WAS THE NUMBER ONE HERO! WHEREVER I GO EVERYONE SHOULD BE PRAISING ME! RESPECTING ME! SERVING ME AS THANKS FOR EVEN GETTING TO STAND IN MY PRESENCE! YOU TRASH SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE AND OBEY MY EVERY WHIM!" Kamoshida yelled, as he began using his Quirk to conjure a gigantic rock ball.

"Joker! Get up!" "Joker! What are you doing! Move!" "Damn it! I can't reach him in time".

'D-Damn it…' Joker thought, as he struggled to get up 'That last hit really took a lot out of me… I can't even move…what can I do…'.

"...don't give up…"

Joker blinked as he looked around confused 'Who said that'.

"Please…don't…give up…I know…you can do it…"

'It…almost sounds like…' Joker thought, before shaking his head 'No…I can't give up…not yet…everyone…' "We won't let you get away with this! Even if everyone else turns a blind eye! We won't ignore this! EVERYONE IS COUNTING US!".

(Switch to Last surprise)

Using all of his strength Joker stood up and looked towards the giant meteor shooting towards him.

"I'm counting on you! So come out! ARSENE!"

With a surge of blue flames, Joker's signature Persona manifested behind him with a gentlemanly laugh "Took you long enough, my true self well then shall we dance".

Charging energy into his foot, Arsene dashed towards the large meteor before throwing a powerful kick sending it right back at Kamoshida, sending him crashing towards the wall "Fufu, too easy".

"S-Shit..! D-Do I have anymore slaves?! I need healing now!" Shadow Kamoshida looked around for more slaves. "Damn, I'm all out! Wait a minute… Weren't there four of you? Where's the cat! Hehe, guess he ran away"

"I'm not a cat! And I didn't run" Mona exclaimed as he jumped on Kamoshida's head and kicked the crown off his head, then jumped off of him and landed with the group and quickly healed them.

"NOW! HIT HIM WITH EVERYTHING YOU GOT!" They all yelled, as all four then rushed in before jumping into the air, attacking the shadow in all directions

"CAPTAIN KIDD!" Skull yelled, dashing forward as his Persona fired a missile. Skull then leapt into the air before using his bat to slam the missile towards Kamoshida.

"CARMEN!" Panther smiled, as she was lifted into the air by her Persona with the two spinning around before firing a powerful flame blast at the teacher

"ZORRO" Mona smirked, as the two leapt into the air while pulling out the sword and using the wind magic to slash at Kamoshida in several directions including up into the air.

"Alright, ARSENE! IT'S SHOWTIME" Joker declared, as he and his Persona leapt into the air before delivering a simultaneous kick towards Kamoshida sending him crashing towards the ground.

All four of then struck a pose, with Joker fixing his glove, Skull doing a rock out sign, Mona crossing his arms with a grin and Ann doing a cute pose with a peace sign,

Behind them we see energy in Kamoshida burst out before he exploded behind them.

"SHOW'S OVER!"

(End song)

"Looks like it's over." Skull sighed, as he saw Kamoshida's crown shrink in size before walking to go and pick it up only for Shadow Kamoshida to roll in and take the crown back.

"No! It's mine! Mine! You can't take it from me! I won't let you!" He cried, before dashing away surprising the Thieves.

"Buh?! Hey come back!" Skull yelled, as they chased after him.

Shadow Kamoshida ran to the balcony only to see that he had no other place to go "O-Oh s-shit!"

"What's the problem? Not gonna run away? Weren't you the number one hero?" Panther asked in a dark tone as she looked at the pathetic King.

"I was just doing what those glory seeking Hyenas expected me to do! That's all I had left after that bastard All Might took everything from me! What's wrong with me taking something for myself in return" Kamoshida yelled, glaring at the Thieves.

"Now you're making excuses? We're gonna do something about that distorted heart of yours!" Skull scoffed, as he looked at the king in disappointment before Panther summoned her Persona.

"Scared? Right now you're saying the same thing Shiho did. She was terrified, she lost everything because of you… her only choice was to jump So will you jump? Or die right here?" Panther questioned him, as Carmen prepared to fireballs.

"It's your call Lady Ann? Do you wanna finish him off" Mona asked, looking up at Panther.

"N-No! P-Please don't do it! I'm begging you plea-" "ISN'T THIS WHAT EVERYONE ELSE BEGGED YOU TO DO?!"

Kamoshida cried in terror as Carmen threw a fireball right next to him "YOU IGNORED ALL OF THEM AND CONTINUED TO STEAL EVERY CHANCE AT THEIR DREAMS AWAY!".

"Alright…I surrender, I lose… I accept defeat... You want this? Take it." Kamoshida tossed his crown towards the group as Joker caught it "Go ahead and finish me off.. You do that.. and my real self will go down too.."

When Kamoshida said a look crossed Joker and Skull faces that looked a little uncomfortable about this while Panther growled and had Carmen throw another fireball.

The fireball crashed at the wall next to Kamoshida surprising Mona as he looked up at Panther "Lady Ann…",

"If I let you die now…then there'll be no one left to confess your sins" Panther stated, before turning around.

"I've lost.. You're through when you lose... What..? What am I supposed to do now..?" The king spoke as he looked down at the ground, falling to his knees in defeat.

"Count up your sins…every single one…and repent and make up for all of them, that's the only thing any of us can do '' Joker told him with Kamoshida nodding as his body started glowing.

As he did we see the ghost girl watching this going on with a soft smile on her face.

"Alright.. I will leave now and return to my real self.. This time... I'll be certain-" Kamoshida then disappeared in a bright light.

RUMBLE!

"Huh?" "WHA! Why is everything shaking!" "Mona what's going on".

"We need to get out of here, this place is about to collapse so we don't have time to waste" Mona yelled, making the three blink.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT SOONER!".

Up above the ghost girl looked around, completely terrified as she felt the castle shaking before looking at the Thieves running away.

Gulping for a moment the girl readied herself before following after them.

With the others we see them making a mad dash through the hallway at top speed.

"We're going to die! We are so going to die!" Panther screamed, as she looked at the castle crumbling behind her before Mona, now in cat form, jumped on her head "Wha-?! Hey!".

"Huh? Hey what are you doing you jerk!" Skull yelled, as Mona leapt off Panther, then him and landed on Joker's shoulder with a cheeky grin.

"Grr, huh? Woah!" Skull yelped, as he felt his leg stiffen causing him to trip only to be caught by Panther "You okay?".

"Yeah, it's just been awhile so I tripped" Skull smirked, as Joker looked back at them in worry "It's alright I'm good now".

"Okay, come on let's get outta here before- huh?" Joker blinked, with the other following his gaze to see a blue ball of light dodging the rubble while flying towards them.

"What is the-gah!" Joker yelled, as the ball of light quickly moved past the others and hit him in the face knocking him down to the ground.

"Joker! Are you okay" Mona asked, while Joker shook his head.

"Yeah, I'm alright…my eye feels weird though" Joker replied, slowly opening his eyes before seeing the rubble "Crap! We gotta move!".

The three thieves quickly got back up before making a dash towards the exit which was a bright light at the end of the hallway which they quickly ran through.

Real world

Third person P.O.V.

(Play Infinity from Persona 5 the animation)

Back in the real world, the trio appeared back in the alleyway outside of the school as if out of nowhere before looking around.

"Hah…hah…that sucked" Ann sighed, clearly exhausted.

"So…did it work?...Is the Palace gone" Ryuji asked, with Ren quickly checking his phone.

This destination has been deleted, please select another option

"Yeah, looks like it's true we really can't go back there" Ren nodded, showing them the now blank destination.

"That's not important right now! What about the treasure!" Morgana asked, clearly focused on something else.

"Slow down, slow down I got it… right… here?" Ren blinked, taking the treasure which was now a medal instead of the crown.

"What the?" Ryuji said, as he stared at the medal with a confused look.

"A medal? Wait, where'd the crown go?" Ann questioned, completely confused as Ren stared at it.

"Wait, isn't this one of the medals they give out for first place in the U.A. sports festival?" Ren noticed while staring at the medal "What's going on Morgana?".

"It's like I said, that's the source of Kamoshida's desire where it all began" Morgana explained, looking up at the medal "Guess he's had this desire for a long time now, to him that medal is worth as much as that crown we saw in the Palace".

"So it's just like we thought, that perv kept clinging to his past glory…all the way back to when he was a student" Ryuji scoffed, crossing his arms.

"But…this means that we actually managed to change Kamoshida's heart…right?" Ann asked, crossing her arms.

"Most likely, but can't say for certain this is the first successful example I've seen and we didn't exactly do it the way I had intended" Mona explained "I mean I never even knew you could send a Shadow back to their original self, it definitely did have an effect on his mind but to what extent, I don't know".

"Ugh, I feel all antsy…ain't there a way we can check now" Ryuji asked, looking really worried.

"Not unless you wanna try calling All Might himself and be like 'hey sir, I know we said we aren't the thieves but we really wanna know how our teacher is, just ignore we're on the top of his shit list'" Ren jokes, making the other laugh a bit.

"Oh wait, so that guy you talked to…that was seriously All Might he looked nothing like him" Ann asked, really interested.

"Yeah, I don't know all the details but I'll try to explain as much as I can" Ren nodded, rubbing his head abit.

"You better, but first" Ryuji said, before they all felt their stomachs grumble "I'm starving, you guys wanna get something to eat".

"Oh my god, yes please" Ann sighed, while Joker put Morgana back in his bag.

"Alright, we'll leave it to you Skull" Ren smiled, as the trio began walking away.

However, as they walked off we saw a man in a white lab coat who had listened to this conversation with a shocked expression on his face.

Chapter Text

Karaoke Bar

Third person P.O.V.

"This was all a Cruel angel's thesis from the start! Brought to life out the window! Now it's taking flight! Scorching pathos if you betray your memory! Follow this deviant-divine philosophy! Shining more than these stars that are bathing the galaxy! Go forth young boy! And you'll become a legend!"

"WOOOO!" Ann, Ryuji and Morgana cheered, as they watched Ren taking a few breaths.

"Hah…hah…how was that…" Ren asked while looking really tired as Ryuji ran up and slapped his back.

"Dude! That was seriously your first time! That was great!" Ryuji grinned, causing Ren to sweatdrop.

"Really? I thought I messed up a couple of times" Ren admitted, rubbing his head.

"Oooh which song should I pick?" Ann wondered, as she looked through her tablet as Morgana landed on her shoulder.

"Hey! Hey! Lady Ann! How about a duet~" Morgana grinned, clearly wanting to sing with her.

"Hmm that's not a bad idea, but Ren looks pretty exhausted and Ryuji isn't that great" "HEY!"

"I don't think that's what he meant" Ren sweatdropped, before sitting back down on the couch while taking a gulp of water.

"Man this is just the way to wind down after fighting that bastard," Ryuji grinned, while stretching and eating some of his chips.

"I do wonder how it's going to work though, like is it just a sudden change or will something start happening to him" Ren wondered, while crossing his legs.

"I'm more worried if it really worked at all," Ann sighed, twirling her hair.

"Well it's certain something did happen to his cognition, what exactly I'm not sure I mean I never expected the shadow to go back to his real self" Mona sighed, shaking his head.

"Hey come on guys! Don't talk about that stuff now or we'll get all stressed" Ryuji grinned "Not only did we save our ass and beat that bastard, we got to help freaking All Might from being blackmailed."

"I still can't believe you and Shiho got to meet All Might! She's gonna flip over this'' Ann smiled, while Ren crossed his arms

"I actually don't think we should tell anyone, it seemed to me that he'd rather have his real identity a secret" Ren suggested, as the others groaned.

"Ugh fine, guess I wouldn't wanna get on the bad side of the number one hero" Ann sighed, leaning back.

"I can't believe he actually did that! Like I get he was being blackmailed but for a creep like Kamoshida! He shoulda punched him right in the face" Ryuji growled, punching his palm.

"It's not that simple, who knows what Kamoshida could have pulled if All Might actually did that" Morgana stated, while Ren leaned back.

"Well I'm over it now…I'm more angry at myself to be honest" He whispered part of it to himself as he leaned his head back and rested his eyes.

U.A.

Third person P.O.V.

"Hehe, I could get used to this!" Kamoshida smirked smugly as he laid on the couch in the teacher lounge of U.A., the number 1 hero school in japan.

"You'll stay here until we determine there won't be any villain coming after you, so just stay out of trouble" Toshinori said, as he looked down at Kamoshida.

"Course, this is way better than that shitty school but you better not forget about our deal, got that?" Kamoshida stated, pointing at Toshinori who gripped his hand for a moment before sighing.

"Got it…" He sighed, leaving the room before walking down the hallway a bit.

As he did, Ren's words echoed through his mind making him move slower and slower.

"I'm sorry…but I can't…it's not that I don't want to but…"

"I'm trusting you with this…so…don't let me down…All Might"

"And what? Abandon everyone here like you did for us."

"I did…this whole thing wasn't us…but at least there are people who are willing to risk themselves to save people"

"I'm sorry Amamiya-kun…I'm so…so sorry" Toshinori muttered, as tears started welling up in his eyes.

"Hmm? And who's Amamiya-kun? ""GYAAAAAHHH?!" Toshinori jumped, before turning around to see the headmaster of the school, Principal Nezu.

Nezu is a stout man who appears to be a possible combination of several different animals, including a dog, a mouse, and a bear, which would make him a chimaera. He has the head of a mouse with circular black eyes, a large scar over the right one, relatively rectangular-shaped ears with pale pink insides slanting outwards from the top of his head, and an elongated muzzle with a small round nose. His fur is white and has large, dog-like paws with pink pads and a thin tail like that of a cat. He sports a white dress shirt, a dark red tie around his neck, a black double-breasted waistcoat and matching dress pants.

"Sorry All Might, didn't mean to scare you like that" Nezu laughed which contradicted his words, making the hero sigh.

"No it's my fault I overreacted, I've just…had a lot on my mind" Toshinori sighed, making Nezu blink.

"Hmm, does this have anything to do with…you know what?" Nezu asked, which made Toshinori blink

"You know what? Oh! No no, not that it's just…I messed up" Toshinori admitted, leaning next to the wall.

"What do you mean, how did you mess up?" Nezu wondered, as his co-worker looked at him.

"Well I'm you've heard of what happened at Shujin?" Toshinori asked, with Nezu nodding, "I was investigating it and a boy who was rumoured to have assaulted the girl explained to me everything that was happening and who was the real culprit."

"Was he lying to you? Did you get the wrong person arrested" Nezu questioned, but Toshinori shook his head "No, he was telling the truth…but the culprit black mailed me, he was one of my old hero senpai's who figured out that I can barely hold One for All for more than an hour…and now I have to tell everyone it was the student who did it."

"You're not seriously going to do that All Might…are you…?" The look in Nezu's eyes caused pain in the hero's chest as he casted his gaze downward.

"Of course I don't want to…but Kamoshida still has the upperhand with that knowledge, if I don't follow his demands he'll reveal the symbol of peace won't be here for much longer…do you know what might happen if that comes to public knowledge?" All Might asked, as Nezu had a surprised expression on his face.

"All Might…but you're right…if anyone knew…all the villains would be even more reckless…and that doesn't even come close to how the public react" Nezu muttered, with Toshinori nodding

"Exactly, now I just don't know what to do…" Toshinori sighed "The only hope they have is some villain group going after Kamoshida, how ridiculous."

"A Villain group?" Nezu blinked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes, there was a warning notice all over the bulletin board in the school saying that they were going after Kamoshida and somehow knew his crimes" Toshinori explained before shaking his head "It's probably just a prank, something to get a rise out of him."

"Ah so that was the person you came in with, certainly a big fellow" Nezu nodded, as Toshinori crossed his arms.

"Mmm, hopefully he won't try anything-" Toshinori agreed, before the door opened with Kamoshida walking out.

"Kamoshida? What's wrong" Toshinori asked, noticing Kamoshida was a lot weaker than he was before.

"Toshi…All Might…" He mumbled, walking towards the hero before falling down on his needs, making Toshinori and Nezu's eyes widen.

"O-Oi! Kamoshida! Are you okay!" Toshinori yelled, checking on his senpai before freezing as he saw Kamoshida's face dripping with both tears and snot.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm so so so! Sorry! Please! Forgive me!" Kamoshida cried, as he began hugging Toshinori who just started both confused and shocked.

'H-How can this, Kamoshida was nothing like this a moment ago…it couldn't be…did those 'Phantom Thieves' do something to him…' he thought, before shaking his head.

'N-No! That's impossible, there's no way anyone could get in here especially with the new security after the villain attack…but then…what happened?' Toshinori gulped, as he tried figuring out what was going on.

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

Leblanc

Third person P.O.V.

"Hey you okay?" Morgana asked, looking over at Ren as he worked on his studying for the upcoming exams. He was fidgeting with his pencil as he did so.

"Hmm? Yeah, why do you ask?" Ren muttered, still reading through the notes he had made in class.

"Because I'm pretty sure if you keep spinning that pencil any faster, you'll start taking flight." A snicker came out of Ren before he stopped spinning the pencil.

"Sorry about that, just a bit worried about what's going to happen with Kamoshida.'' Ren apologised. "I mean, having to wait the whole weekend to find out whether or not the change of heart worked is a bit nerve wracking."

"Yeah but there's not much we can do, especially since All Might hurried him to U.A." Morgana sighed, leaning on the table Ren was working on.

"Hey, there's actually been something about the Palace fight that's been bothering me…" Ren admitted, causing Morgana to raise an eyebrow.

"During the fight, when I was thrown to the ground and Kamoshida was preparing that huge attack, I started hearing a voice telling me not to give up. I know it's not any of my Persona's…do you have any idea what it could be?" Ren asked.

Morgana looked down. "Hmm…maybe it has something to do with that thing that flew into you? I assumed it was a shadow trying to get away by jumping into your mask, but considering what they said I'm not sure."

Ren raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"The Shadows were all still loyal to Kamoshida remember, why would one be cheering for you?"

"Hmm, what a mystery…" Ren mumbled to himself. He remembered something Yoshizawa had mentioned to him about her friend from U.A. "Actually speaking of mystery, Morgana I've been meaning to ask you something I've been curious about the Metaverse."

Morgana perked up. "What's up? If it's about the Metaverse, then I can help you." He boasted proudly.

"Well I was wondering what happens when someone without a Quirk awakens to a Persona? They don't have a Quirk to be upgraded so I was wondering if anything special happens" Ren asked, making Morgana grin.

"Oh that one I can answer, they'd develop a brand new Quirk! It's what happened to me after all" Morgana smirked, making Ren's eyes widen as he remembered what Yoshizawa told him.

"Yeah, I was surprised too. I've never heard of anyone suddenly developing a Quirk like that."

'Wait…could Midoriya have been to the Metaverse and awakened to a Persona-' "Wait, you have a Quirk?"

"Nyaa~ Well if you excuse me I'm going to sleep, you should too." Morgana yawned, jumping off the table and hoping towards the bed.

"What? No! We are not finishing this conversation-aaaahhhh." Ren yawned, before rubbing his eyes. "Damn it, how does he always do that?"

Groaning a bit, Ren decided to finish up the last few questions he had before stretching and moving towards the bed to get some sleep.

?

Third person P.O.V.

"Where am I?" The familiar ghost girl questioned, as she walked through a black hallway with red lines going down the hall.

"Last thing I remember…I went to follow…what was his name, Joker?" The girl muttered to herself while looking down "Then I accidentally fell into him and I woke up here."

"Ah…is that the end…of the…hallway?" She gasped, quickly running to the end of the halfway only to be surprised at what she saw.

She found a large room which was at least two levels high, the walls were lines with different photo's and she could even see a large screen in the corner of the room and in the middle of the room she could see several statues she remembered seeing in Kamoshida's Palace including the statue and even his monster form. There were also the statues of the Persona's in the room including Captain Kidd, Zorro and Carmen.

"Where…where am I? What is this place" She gawked, looking at the large room before something behind here.

"My my, this is quite a surprise" Turning around the girl gasped, at seeing Arsene sitting on a bannister of the upper level before he jumped down.

"And what is your name Madame?" He questioned, as the girl just mumbled and muttered while looking up at the Persona.

"Oh? Ah you're intimidated aren't you~ I am quite handsome after all" he smirked, before spinning around "Alright, then how about this."

The girl gasped as Arsene's face and size changed to be similar to Ren's except he was still in Arsene's outfit "Is this better?."

"U-Um, yes thank you…but who are you? And what is this place" she asked, looking around.

"Well you may call me Arsene, I am the main Persona of the boy you were stalking back in the Palace" he smirked, making the girl look down with an embarrassed look "As for the where, this is that boys subconscious where all his Persona's can exist without bothering him, though I can still talk to him from time to time. I like to call it the Thieves Den"

"Wait all his Persona's" The girl questioned, before spotting Jack Frost and Andras "But I thought people could only have one Shadow?."

"Fufu, normally yes but my other self is quite special" , Arsene snickered, before looking at the girl "Now how about you introduce yourself Madame, and how did you wind up in the Palace? I doubt someone's Shadow would wind up separated from their body by choice."

"Um yes…well my name is Sumire, Sumire Yoshizawa" she introduced herself "As for how I got to the Palace, well I'm not really sure…."

"Before…I…or, my real self went to a Therapist after…after something happened…" she went a bit quiet at that as Arsene gave her a sympathetic look.

"B-But the Therapist…he did something to me…my real self thought it was just some thought exercise…but then some kind of Tendril went into her and dragged me out, next thing I know I was in some red…scary place, with a lot more Shadow like me taking the train to go deeper in." she explained, with a frown on her face.

"Interesting, did you not take the train?" Arsene asked, as she shook her head.

"No I was already confused and I felt like if I did take the train something bad would happen, so I just wandered…I don't know for how long…but it was a long time…I had no idea where I was meant to go or who I could find for help until I found the doorway into Kamoshida's Palace and I fell in."

"Ah now I see…but what do you intend to do now?" Arsene questioned, making her frown "I-I don't know…I don't want to go back to that place."

"Then why not stay here" Arsene suggested, making Sumire blush.

"N-No I couldn't possibly! B-Besides, I-I need to return to my real self…" she stuttered, making Arsene.

"Then it must be fate because our real selves know each other" Arsene smirked, making Sumire gasp "Really!"

"Indeed, so while I can't interfere with my real self too much I can at least point him in the direction of helping you" Arsene nodded, as tears welled up in her eyes.

"Thank you, thank you so much" she cried, while Arsene stared at her for a moment.

'Yeah I believed them at first…but after seeing you on the train helping out Midoriya and talking to you now, I know you're a good person Senpai'

"I should be the one thanking you…"

"Huh, what was that?" she asked, but Arsene shook his head.

"It is something, how about I show you around and introduce you to the others?" He suggested, with Sumire nodding before the two began walking around the den.

Shujin Academy

Third person P.O.V.

"Hey man." Ren heard, as he headed back to the classroom after buying a drink to go with his lunch.

Turning over he saw Ryuji with a serious look in his eyes as he walked up to him before moving up close "Have you seen Kamoshida at all."

"Now that you mention it…no I haven't, but I also haven't heard anything about Hero Class being cancelled either so don't get too excited." Ren told him with a Ryuji nodding crossing his arms.

"That's fair I guess, I just feel like I'm going crazy with all this waiting" Ryuji sighed "I mean like, do you really think he changed?"

"I hope so but we won't know until we see him, for now the only thing we can do is wait." "Ah there you are."

Blinking Ren and Ryuji looked over to see Miss Kawakami walking up to them "The hero classes are cancelled for the week so you'll be going to the study hall instead, I'm letting you know just in case no one else told you but Mr Kamoshida has taken the day off."

"Wait, seriously? Why not?" Ren asked, with a surprised tone in his voice.

"Look don't tell anyone you heard this from me but…" Kawakami whispered, as Ren and Ryuji leaned in closer "U.A. had told us that Mr. Kamoshida is placing himself under suspension, saying he suddenly left out of the blue."

"It's such an important time too…with the hero licensing exams coming up and all," she sighed, crossing her arms. "Principal Kobayakawa went to talk with him about it, but supposedly he wasn't making any sense."

"Wait, a suspension?!" Ryuji yelled, catching some students' attention.

"Don't say that outloud!" Kawakami shushed him before sighing.

"This is…" Ren mumbled, before looking down 'Is this because of us?'

"The talks about your expulsion may be put on hold too, with evidence you've given me it should prove your innocence in the matter…but that all depends on the others decision" Kawakami explained, before crossing her arms "Anyway, try not to get into any more trouble, alright."

Ren nodded at that before Kawakami walked off with Ren and Ryuji looking at each other.

"Looks like Morgana's right, something definitely happened to him." Ryuji said, crossing his arms.

"Yeah, at least this sounds different from one of those mental shutdowns…but all we can do now is wait until we get results…" Ren muttered, scratching his cheek "But now what am I meant to do, I wanna get some exercise in."

"Ooh if that's the case I think I got an idea, meet me outside the school in your gym clothes." Ryuji winked, making Ren raise an eyebrow.

A few hours later behind the school we see Ren and Ryuji in their tracksuits as they raced each other through a large patch of grass behind the school.

"AAAAAAAHHH!" "RRAAAAAHHHH!" The two screamed, as they raced each other as exercise before finally coming to a stop.

"Phew, hahaha, have not practised like that in awhile!" Ryuji laughed, as he fell back to the ground.

"Yeah it's pretty funny getting to train with a friend for once" Ren smiled, before realising what he just said.

"Huh? What do ya mean by tha- "Uh so why did you want to start training like this?"

Ryuji blinked looking up at Ren's embarrassed face before shaking his head "Oh well it's kinda dumb but remember when I tripped back in Kamoshida's palace and you got hit by that thing."

"You mean when we were escaping? Yeah, why?" Ren wondered, turning his head in confusion.

"Well I felt kinda lame that you got hit like that because of me, so I started thinking why not build back up my muscle! I mean anything's better than this flimsy body and I could help you out with your hero training more if I strengthen up my body and new Quirk" Ryuji grinned, making Ren sweatdrop.

"Dude you didn't need to do that, that light thing barely hurt." Ren said, as Ryuji got up.

"I know but still I really wanna do thi-isss!" Ryuji cringed, reaching for his leg.

"You okay?"

"Y-Yeah, my legs just feel all tight…guess it has been awhile." Ryuji explained, as he rubbed his leg.

"What exactly happened with Kamoshida? I got the basic stuff but I still don't know the whole story" Ren asked, before seeing Ryuji look a bit awkward "Ah, uh you don't have to tell me if you're uncomfortable."

"No, no I should probably tell you…might even help relieve some frustration" Ryuji sighed, sitting down.

"Before the Hero Course was established and Kamoshida came along, the track team was the biggest thing the school had going for it, but all of it changed after that dick got our coach fired and became our temporary sub" Ryuji growled, gripping his hand.

"The only reason he became a sub was to get rid of us so that he could make his shitty Hero Course the only one of worth…no offence" Ryuji apologised, looking up at Ren who smiled.

"After everything I've seen, I'd have to agree"

"He'd give us crazy workouts, then when we couldn't take em he'd add even more on top of that…day after day…it was nothing but that bullshit, and it was even worse for me then anyone else" Ryuji sighed, looking down.

"Because he knew you'd be the one that'd fight back and wanted to break you first" Ren guessed which was confirmed with Ryuji's nod.

"Got it in one, he'd chew me out if I wasn't good enough and worse he'd bring up my parents…"

"Sore subject? Guess that's why you punched him" Ren asked, crossing his arms.

"Yeah…my ma's the only one I got…all my dad ever did was drink, he'd even beat me or my ma sometimes…and Kamoshida somehow found out and told the whole team…and you already know what he did after" Ryuji sighed, as Ren saw the slight tears welling up in his eyes.

"Anyone would have done that in your place man, it's not like it was some petty jealousy like when Kamoshida punched me" Ren smiled, with Ryuji nodding.

"Yeah well Kamoshida used that as an excuse to close down the team and he even broke my leg, saying it was out of self defence and the Principal bought that" he growled, surprising Ren.

"Holy shit, sounds like the principals even worse…all he wants is attention for the school" Ren frowned.

"All my friends treat me like a traitor now, which I guess is fair but…what's worse is when Ma was brought in…they kept on chewing her out…and when we went back, she broke down apologising to me for being a terrible mother…I hated for myself for putting that on her" Ryuji frowned, more tears welling up.

"What about your dad?" Ren asked, which Ryuji laughed at.

"Oh he bailed long before that, haven't seen him for so long he wouldn't care" Ryuji smiled, wiping his tears.

"Guess you were right about us being similar," Ren nodded, as Ryuji looked at him.

"I pretty much went through the same thing with all of my classmates when I got arrested, only differences are that none of them really knew me that well to be that surprised but they still treat me like shit" Ren muttered, before gripping his hand.

"And that you had at least one parent that cared" Ren whispered the last part to himself before shaking his head.

"I think I gotta go now if I'm late Sakura-san and Morgana will start chewing me out," Ren said, getting up.

"Oh yeah I was wondering where Morgana is, woulda thought you'd bring him here" Ryuji asked, as Ren scratched his cheek.

"Well nothings really going on right now so we didn't really see a reason for him to come along, besides what's the worst that could happen."

Meanwhile in Leblanc

In Ren's room we see Morgana happily sleeping on the bed as he waits for his protege to return.

'Man this is boring, when is Ren coming back' Morgana groaned, as he stretched around a bit.

Then he started hearing footsteps walking up the stairs catching Morgana's attention "Oh you back fina- wait no, it's just you."

It was Sojiro who slowly looked at the room before nodding "Good looks like he's not here…."

'He doesn't usually come up here? And it's not dinner time yet?' Morgana wondered, as he looked at Sojiro who moved towards him.

"Now…I've been waiting to do this the whole weekend~" Sojiro grinned, looming over Morgana.

"H-Hey b-boss what are you-HEY!" Morgana hissed, as he was suddenly picked up.

"MORGANA-TAAAAAANN~" "GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

Shibuya Station

Third person P.O.V.

"Seriously" Ren sighed, as he looked at the train time only to find that his train was delayed for another half an hour "Freakin villain attacks…"

"Guess I'll just hang out around the station-" "Oh hey Ren."

Blinking, Ren turned his attention to see Ann walking up to him with a smoothie in her hand "You just got out of school."

"Yeah, where were you though? You kinda just left in the middle of the day" Ren asked, prompting the girl to sigh.

"My manager needed me back for some reshoots, so I had to leave with the teachers permission" Ann explained, with Ren nodding.

"Ah, well fair…oh right should probably tell ya, Kamoshida put himself under suspension" Ren smiled, surprising the model.

"Wait seriously?! That's amazing! Does this mean it really worked!" Ann grinned until she realised something "Then why didn't you tell me! I was nervous all day because of this stuff."

"Sorry sorry, Ryuji asked me to do some exercises with him and guess I got kinda busy" Ren explained, before scratching his cheek "Now I gotta wait here for like half an hour till the train comes."

"Ooh yeah I heard about that delay, wanna hang out till your train comes" Ann suggested, while Ren rubbed his head.

"I dunno, don't wanna go too far and accidentally miss my train" Ren said, making Ann grin "It'll be fine we'll just go to the underground mall/"

"Wait…there's a mall in the train station?" Ren questioned, with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh, I have a lot to show you country boy" she grinned smugly as the two walked into the station.

Ann then proceeded to take Ren for a tour around the Underground mall of the train station which he was surprised about just how big the place was.

There were multiple stores in the train station, including a supermarket, cosmetic store, accessory shop and even a flower shop with a lot of people checking out each of them.

"Video game music? Really?" Ann asked, with a raised eyebrow as the two looked through the music section.

"Hey don't knock till you try it, this shit is good" Ren smirked, holding up one of the game soundtracks he used to listen to as a kid.

There was a bit of an awkward silence between the two as they searched through the music.

"So how's Shiho doing?" Ren asked absentmindedly, before realising what he said "Ah uh I didn't mean um."

"N-No it's fine, you just surprised me" Ann stated, before shaking her head "She's doing better now…but she still hasn't woken up yet."

"Are you gonna tell her about all of this, and what we did to Kamoshida?" Ren questioned, but Ann shook her head.

"Nah, she wouldn't believe a word of it…but I do know one thing, I have to apologise to her?" Ann answered, confusing Ren.

"Apologise? Apologise for what?"

"It's because of me that Kamoshida even went for Shiho…she's the only friend I have in that school so it made her an easy hostage for Kamoshida to manipulate me…" Ann frowned, looking on one of the discs.

"I thought it was my job to protect Shiho…that if it was her dream to try and help people…that I should be the one protecting her…really all I was doing was leaning on her for strength and bringing her down…" Ann explained, wiping a tear away "Guess she really doesn't need me after all."

"So what? You're just going to leave her?" Ren asked, as Ann looked at him surprised "You're right that you were just leaning on Shiho for help, but now she needs you more than ever to help her find her own strength, life won't change if you don't do it yourself…but that doesn't mean you can't get help taking that first step."

"Shiho's own strength…you're right, I need to let Shiho stand on her own two feet again…and I also need to find my own strength, so that I can stand right next to her" Ann smiled, as she gripped her chest "Then maybe I'll have the courage to ask…"

"To ask…?" Ren questioned, before realising what she meant "Oooooooohhhh… Morgana's gonna be crushed."

"Don't tell him please, I'd rather break the lil guy's heart like that…at least not yet" Ann smiled, making Ren snicker.

"You're an evil genius aren't you" Ren asked, as Ann smirked.

"Oh you have no idea~...but, do you mind if we can talk like this more often? I could use your help finding my own strength" Ann asked, with Ren shrugging.

"I don't mind," Ren agreed, as he took out his phone to check the time while Ann looked at him with a smug smirk.

"And as thanks~ I'll help ya out with the honours student you're so close with" Ann grinned causing Ren to roll his eyes.

"I keep on telling you Ann it's not like that, Sumi's just a friend" Ren sighed, crossing his arms.

"And yet you call her by a cute nickname~" She smirked, making him scratch his cheek.

"Whatever, I should go now…my train's almost here" he nodded to himself before turning around and walking off as Ann looked at him with a grin.

"Oh~ I am making this ship happen."

A few weeks later

Shujin Academy

Third person P.O.V.

The days of waiting for Kamoshida's change of heart to be revealed to them spun by, with Ren continuing to help out his friends with training and talks while continuing his studies.

This finally came ahead at the start of the next month where the school had called for a morning assembly, which we see now as all the students stood in the gym.

Principal Koabyakawa walked up to the podium and looked down at the students in front of him "I'm sure you are all still shaken up by the tragic event that took place the other day, we have been informed that the girl is in a stable condition and is on the road to a full recovery."

"Tch, you could at least say her name," Ryuji scoffed, crossing her arms as murmurs came from the crowd.

"Yeah this does seem more like formality…" Ren sighed, as he rubbed his head while looking over at Ann with a sad expression.

"Alright, settle down everyone." The principal called out, "While I'm sure you're all thrilled about this news. I want to remind you all that, you have bright futures and-"

The teacher was soon interrupted by a loud bang suddenly echoing through the room, causing everyone to turn back to see Kamoshida enter, his head hanging low. "M-Mr Kamoshida?"

"I… I have been reborn…That is why…I will confess all of my sins"

Kamoshida seemed completely different then before, instead of his aura of disgusting confidence, he now seemed far more apologetic and defeated as he walked towards the stage.

"W-What's going on…is this…" Ryuji muttered, with widened eyes and Ren had the same expression.

"I… I have repeatedly done things… Unbecoming of a teacher. And… I wish to confess them all…" Kamoshida trailed off, finally opening his eyes which were full of regret and despair.

"I… I have been verbally and physically abusive to all of my students, forcing them to battle each other and punishing the losers all for my entertainment … I… I have also sexually assaulted many female students…I am the reason Shiho Suzui tried to kill herself" he revealed, causing the students to gasp.

"I-I thought it was the transfer student?!" "It was Kamoshida all along!" "This can't be real?! Can it?."

Kamoshida fell to his knees with tears welling up in his eyes as he looked at the students ``I thought of this school as my own castle…my way of getting back my glory after I lost my place of number 1 to All Might…I… I even leaked the record of the transfer student, making it sound so much worse than it was… A-And tried to get him and another student expelled simply because I didn't want him taking away my attention…I even tried to blame him for the horrible act I did to Suzui and even blackmailed my other students to assault him! Of course I will rescind all of this!."

"S-So all of this stuff about the transfer student…" "H-He does have a record..but…" "Oh my god! I can't believe I looked up to him!."

"I am truly sorry…for putting innocent youths through such horrible acts…using their dreams as leverage to do whatever I wanted…I am an arrogant, shameful and pathetic person! No, I'm worse than that! I am a monster!" Kamoshida yelled, before slamming his head to the ground.

"I… I will make amends and kill myself for all of this!."

Everyone gasped as the teachers tried to calm them down with Kobayakawa running up to Kamoshida "Mr Kamoshida! P-Please! Get off the stage!."

"No! I deserve this! They need to hear everything I've done before I kill-" "DON'T YOU DARE RUN FROM THIS YOU SON OF A BITCH!."

All eyes turned to Ann who had a furious expression on her face "Shiho is still alive! Even after everything you did to her she's still standing! You have no right to run from all the pain you caused! To everyone!"

"T-Takamaki…" Kamoshida looked upward, tears streaming down his face as he nodded "Y-You're absolutely right… I-I should be punished under the full extent of the law."

"I did horrible things to Takamaki as well…in order to keep Suzui's spot in the Hero Licensing exam…I tried to force her into having relations…and when she refused…that's when I moved to Suzui as well!" he cried out.

As Kamoshida continued speaking, more and more students began to speak up, muttering in surprise or sharing their own experiences under Kamoshida's rule, all while the teachers were trying and failing to keep the order.

"As… As of today, I resign from my position and will turn myself in…" Kamoshida then stood up and frantically looked around the room with a desperate expression, "P-Please! Someone call the police!"

"Wow" Ryuji muttered, looking up at him with a look of shock.

"It…it actually worked…" Ren gulped, as he looked down and took everything in.

Meanwhile, later in the day

Leblanc

Third person P.O.V.

Later on in the day in Leblanc, Sojiro was reading the paper as a suited man ate some of his curry while having the coffee.

The man looked to be the same age as Sojiro, with curly black hair and black eyes with a bit of stubble. He was wearing an all white suit except for a black shirt and red tie, a fedora next to him on the counter with a brown coat hanging behind him.

"And now for a breaking news story" A news reporter said, as the two looked over at the Tv.

"A sudden and stunning fall from grace as former number one hero Suguru Kamoshida/Geo Ball who has since become the Hero Teacher for a city highschool's hero programme has suddenly turned himself in" The news reporter explained, as Sojiro mused.

"Kamoshida…that was the old hero guy from the Kid's school huh…" Sojiro noted, as he began drinking his coffee.

"He has suddenly confessed to problematic behaviour towards his students, his actions and his past as the former number 1 hero, this has caused outcry and a harsh response coming from the public."

"A sudden change of heart…well that's certainly interesting…" The man noted, as he continued watching.

"Due to recent reports from U.A. It is believed by a former villain group that Kamoshida is responsible for these actions, however it is stated that is only a working theory and that the police will be investigating these claims and any possible motivation he may have."

"A former villain group huh? Guess he really must have made an impression" Sojiro shrugged, before spotting the man getting up "You sure you wanna leave? The kid should be back any minute now, it wouldn't hurt to say hi."

"No but send my regards…besides" the man said, as he put on his brain coat and fedora "I doubt he would want anything to do with him…after what I did…."

"Well alright, don't forget to stop by again…Kurusu-san" Sojiro waved, as he watched the man leave the cafe.

Chapter Text

Shujin Academy

Third person P.O.V.

The days of waiting for Kamoshida's change of heart to be revealed to them spun by, with Ren continuing to help out his friends with training and talks while continuing his studies.

This finally came ahead at the start of the next month where the school had called for a morning assembly, which we see now as all the students stood in the gym.

Principal Koabyakawa walked up to the podium and looked down at the students in front of him "I'm sure you are all still shaken up by the tragic event that took place the other day, we have been informed that the girl is in a stable condition and is on the road to a full recovery."

"Tch, you could at least say her name," Ryuji scoffed, crossing her arms as murmurs came from the crowd.

"Yeah this does seem more like formality…" Ren sighed, as he rubbed his head while looking over at Ann with a sad expression.

"Alright, settle down everyone." The principal called out, "While I'm sure you're all thrilled about this news. I want to remind you all that, you have bright futures and-"

The teacher was soon interrupted by a loud bang suddenly echoing through the room, causing everyone to turn back to see Kamoshida enter, his head hanging low. "M-Mr Kamoshida?"

"I… I have been reborn…That is why…I will confess all of my sins"

Kamoshida seemed completely different then before, instead of his aura of disgusting confidence, he now seemed far more apologetic and defeated as he walked towards the stage.

"W-What's going on…is this…" Ryuji muttered, with widened eyes and Ren had the same expression.

"I… I have repeatedly done things… Unbecoming of a teacher. And… I wish to confess them all…" Kamoshida trailed off, finally opening his eyes which were full of regret and despair.

"I… I have been verbally and physically abusive to all of my students, forcing them to battle each other and punishing the losers all for my entertainment … I… I have also sexually assaulted many female students…I am the reason Shiho Suzui tried to kill herself" he revealed, causing the students to gasp.

"I-I thought it was the transfer student?!" "It was Kamoshida all along!" "This can't be real?! Can it?."

Kamoshida fell to his knees with tears welling up in his eyes as he looked at the students ``I thought of this school as my own castle…my way of getting back my glory after I lost my place of number 1 to All Might…I… I even leaked the record of the transfer student, making it sound so much worse than it was… A-And tried to get him and another student expelled simply because I didn't want him taking away my attention…I even tried to blame him for the horrible act I did to Suzui and even blackmailed my other students to assault him! Of course I will rescind all of this!."

"S-So all of this stuff about the transfer student…" "H-He does have a record..but…" "Oh my god! I can't believe I looked up to him!."

"I am truly sorry…for putting innocent youths through such horrible acts…using their dreams as leverage to do whatever I wanted…I am an arrogant, shameful and pathetic person! No, I'm worse than that! I am a monster!" Kamoshida yelled, before slamming his head to the ground.

"I… I will make amends and kill myself for all of this!."

Everyone gasped as the teachers tried to calm them down with Kobayakawa running up to Kamoshida "Mr Kamoshida! P-Please! Get off the stage!."

"No! I deserve this! They need to hear everything I've done before I kill-""DON'T YOU DARE RUN FROM THIS YOU SON OF A BITCH!."

All eyes turned to Ann who had a furious expression on her face "Shiho is still alive! Even after everything you did to her she's still standing! You have no right to run from all the pain you caused! To everyone!"

"T-Takamaki…" Kamoshida looked upward, tears streaming down his face as he nodded "Y-You're absolutely right… I-I should be punished under the full extent of the law."

"I did horrible things to Takamaki as well…in order to keep Suzui's spot in the Hero Licensing exam…I tried to force her into having relations…and when she refused…that's when I moved to Suzui as well!" he cried out.

As Kamoshida continued speaking, more and more students began to speak up, muttering in surprise or sharing their own experiences under Kamoshida's rule, all while the teachers were trying and failing to keep the order.

"As… As of today, I resign from my position and will turn myself in…" Kamoshida then stood up and frantically looked around the room with a desperate expression, "P-Please! Someone call the police!"

"Wow" Ryuji muttered, looking up at him with a look of shock.

"It…it actually worked…" Ren gulped, as he looked down and took everything in.

After a while the commotion had finally calmed down as the teachers went to take Kamoshida away to be spoken to.

This left the three thieves to themselves as they took in what just happened, with Ann being the first to speak up "His heart…it really changed."

"Yeah, it seems like it…" Ryuji sighed, rubbing his head before looking over at Ren "But…was this really worth it."

"I mean he would have just kept on doing this stuff if we hadn't stepped in, heck it would have gotten worse after he had black mailed All Might '' Ren muttered, crossing his arms.

"Yeah you gotta be…guess just kinda surprised how fast everything was" Ryuji groaned "Then again, I guess it did take him two weeks to come to the decision."

"Takamaki-san! Amamiya-kun! I'm so sorry!" They heard before looking over at Mishima bowing to them.

"Kamoshida was the one who made me do his dirty work, spreading Amamiya-kun's record…sending Shiho over to him…" Mishima shivered at the last part and frowned "I had a feeling…no I knew what was going to happen…but I didn't do anything"

"N-No, i-it's not" Ann tried to say before two more students walked.

"Takamkai-san, I had you all wrong… I'm sorry that I spread rumours about you!" Another female student said, walking up to Ann.

"I didn't know at all…to think that bastard was pushing himself on you…and you couldn't do anything…it must've been so hard" The other student frowned.

"There's a ton of people who want to apologise to you, we're so sorry!" The first girl apologised.

"N-No it's okay, it's partly my fault too…It's all in the past now anyway" Ann dismissed them, before more students walked up.

"Amamiya-kun! Thank you!" The hero student who attacked Ren stated as they walked up to them, surprising Ren.

"If you hadn't shot that signal flare…we would have been placed in the same situation you're in right now" One student sighed.

"We're so sorry for attacking you, you were right there was something fishy about his story…but his dirt on us, it would have ruined our dreams of becoming heroes" Another student frowned.

"You were already dealing with everyone's bullshit and then we had to attack you…you're more of a hero then any of us" The third student but Ren waved it off.

"Hey come on, anyone would have done the same if they were in your position, it's not your fault" Ren explained.

"Hey! What are you doing! Get back to class!" A teacher yelled, surprising the students.

"Ah, w-well catch you later Takamaki" One of the students waved, as they started heading towards class.

However Mishima didn't as he looked over at Ren with a serious look "I really am sorry for what I did to you, I promise I'm going to make this right, somehow."

"Well, looks like Kamoshida ain't the only one having a change of heart" Ryuji smiled, crossing his arms.

"Maybe those weird rumours will finally go away" Ren wondered, while rubbing his head but Ann sighed.

"My thing doesn't really matter, we made Kamoshida apologise about Shiho and got us off his radar, that's more than enough for me" Ann sighed, before Ren smiled

"Then you should go and tell her about it" Ren smiled, with Ryuji nodding "Hell yeah! If she's in a better condition, who knows she might even be awake."

"Yeah good idea" Ann nodded, before looking at the two boys "Thanks…for everything."

Ren nodded while looking at the smiling Ann before everything froze, and the scene moved along in fast forward, moving faster and faster until the scene changed back into the interrogation room.

In front of him was Sae, as she leaned back inside taking in the information she had taken.

"So after finding what happened to the student who jumped off the building eight months ago that's when you decided to perform your first change of heart, and unlike many assumed, you did inform a hero, All Might no less, for assistance but he ended up getting black mailed" Sae repeated, while crossing her arms.

"Hmm that all seems a bit coincidental, but there was a report of All Might being seen the day the first calling card was posted at Shujin…and you also knew about All Might's weakening power and even his real name, which isn't even revealed to the public" Sae noted, as Ren smirked.

"Starting to believe me now?"

"Don't get ahead of yourself, just because your matches with the facts we know doesn't mean you aren't still lying…it could still be that you deduced All Might's true identity through hacking" Sae stated, before smirking "However there were two important details that came to light."

"The two other accomplices aside from the person with a Cat Quirk, Skull and Panther as you call them, from what you've been telling me they are most likely students as well correct?" Sae asked, but Ren just stayed silent.

"Very well, let's move on" Sae sighed, as she reached for the next file "The questions are not over anyway, if you really are lying the cracks in your story will show soon enough."

"Hmm good thing there won't be any cracks" Ren smirked, as Sae rolle her eyes.

"The next individual to receive a calling card was this person, Ichiryuae Madarame, a master of Japanese Arts," Sae said, as she held up a picture.

The Madarame in question was an elderly man with long grey hair tied in a ponytail and he has short facial hair. He was also wearing traditional Japanese clothes.

"It's even more incomprehensible than Kamoshida as to why this man was targeted from first glance and how you were able to figure out his true crimes utilising his Quirk when no hero or the police was able to figure it out" Sae stated, while Ren frowned.

"How did you come to know him? And how did you learn about his crimes when you weren't a victim of his, we can start with what you did after Kamoshida's confession" Sae suggested, as the scene flashed.

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

Park

Third person P.O.V.

After school Ren and Ryuji hung out in town for a bit before getting a text from Ann to meet in the park

"Holy shit man! I can't believe it actually worked!" Ryuji grinned, as he, Ren and Morgana hung out on the school roof.

"What did I tell you! Worked like a charm!" Morgana smirked, giving the two a smug look.

"Says the not-cat who had no idea that we could make him have a change of heart wouldn't turn his brain to mush" Ren smirked, as Morgana turned to him.

"I'm not a not-ca- wait! I uh, dang it!" Morgana growled, making Ren and Ryuji snicker before they heard the door open.

"Do you guys have to be so loud, people are gonna find out eventually" Ann sighed, as she walked up to the boys.

"So how was Shiho?" Ren asked, as they looked at Ann with a concerned expression.

"Shiho woke up! It was only for a little bit but I got to talk to her!" She smiled excitedly "I got to tell her that Kamoshida admitted to what he did!"

"But Shiho…all she did was tell me how sorry she was…looks like she figured out I was flirting with Kamoshida for her sake and here I was wanting to apologise to her" Ann sighed, before Morgana walked up.

"Kamoshida's the one at fault here, for all of this" Morgana said, trying to console her with Ann nodding.

"I know…but her mom is thinking of transferring her to another school after all of this, somewhere outside the city…Inaba I think it was" Ann sighed, as Ren crossed his arms.

"Makes sense, probably wouldn't want her to be labelled as 'hey it's that one girl who jumped off the roof'" Ren jokingly said, before shaking his head "Bad joke I'm sorry."

"No you're right, but I guess I'm all alone now" Ann sighed, but Ryuji shook his head.

"What? Come on, you got us now and besides I've been to Inaba, it's only a few hours on train you can visit her anytime" Ryuji grinned, with Ann nodding.

"Anyway I was surprised you could hold yourself back with Kamoshida, especially after everything he's done" Ryuji said, with Morgana smirking.

"That's because unlike you, Lady Ann is a truly kind soul who thinks of other-" "Oh know, I just thought it was more satisfying then him dying if he'd have to face the consequence of what he's done…he's going to be grovelling for forgiveness for the rest of his life."

All three boys just stared at Ann with looks of both surprise and a tinge of fear "H-Holy shit" "Hot damn…."

"A-Anyway, there's something that was confusing me, why was Kamoshida the only one with the Palace thing?" Ryuji asked, but Morgana shook his head.

"Oh no, anyone can have a Palace it only depends on if they're desire has been distorted and even then it has to be especially distorted to have one" Morgana explained, while Ren leaned back.

"Anyone huh…"

"You guys wanna check it out? More of them, I know a place you guys will be shocked at" Morgana asked, but Ryuji gulped.

"M-Maybe later, we better lay low for now I'm already hearing rumours about it being us that caused his change of heart" Ryuji sighed, looking at Ren.

"Well anyone would think that after the explosive reaction he had back there" Ren noted, while scratching his cheek.

"Anyway, what are we gonna do with the medal?" Ann asked, before looking around "Where did you put it anyway?."

"I hid it in the clutter in my room, Sakura-san rarely goes up there so it should be safe" Ren explained.

"Oh we gotta sell it! I bet an actual hero medal will cost tons of money!" Ryuji grinned, as Morgana leapt up.

"I do know a place that might buy it off us, it's the place where I got" "Stole" " your weapons too" Morgana finished after Ren corrected him.

"Oooh! We gotta use it to go out to eat! There's this one buffet I've always wanted to go with Shiho" Ann grinned, as Ren crossed his arms.

"I also meant to sell some of the things we took from Kamoshida's Palace from the infiltration, I don't exactly have a lot of money outside of the cash we got from Shadow" Ren nodded.

"Does it have good fish! Like Fatty Tuna!" Morgana asked, with Ann nodding "Score!."

"I'd be down, we gotta go sometime soon…how about Children's day during golden week tomorrow?" Ryuji asked, crossing his arms.

"So thursday…sure I'd be down, I can go sell the medal too" Ren suggested, with the other two nodding before they left to hang out in the city for a bit.

The next day

Leblanc

Third person P.O.V.

"Hey Sakura-san, have you seen my wallet anywhere?" Ren asked, as he walked down the stairs.

"I think I saw a wallet somewhere around the seat, you off somewhere?" Sojiro asked, as Ren walked down the stairs in his casual clothes.

"Hmm? Ah yeah, just heading to Shibuya for a bit shouldn't take too long" Ren explained, looking over at Sojiro "I was helping a friend out with clearing his dad's friend's house and we found some stuff he said we could sell for some cash."

"Huh fair enough, just be back quick I'm gonna need your help today since it's Golden week" Sojira asked, as Ren nodded.

"Sure thing I'll try to be qui-" Ren agreed, before the door opened causing the two to look over to see Sae walking in.

"Am I interrupting something?" She asked, crossing her arms.

"Nothing he was just about to leave" Sojiro explained with Ren nodding before turning around to look for his wallet as the TV started playing.

"The cause of the runaway train incident in the subway the other day still has not been found, the Police are hurrying to solve the matter along with the Hero Association as it may relate to the rise of the Psychotic Breakdown Incidents."

"Psychotic Breakdown?" Ren blinked, with a look of confusion.

"Oh right you probably wouldn't have heard of it, a lot of people have been suddenly going crazy and causing a lot of damage. The last one happened right before you got here," Sojiro explained, as Sae joined in the conversation.

"Doesn't it make you curious? People living normal lives suddenly become deranged and violent out of the blue…and not even because of some outside influence like the Instant villain outbreak five years ago" Sae sighed, crossing her arms "Not to mention it's happening one after another…almost as if they're all connected…."

"Hmm, leaving that aside, what's your order?" Sojiro asked, while Sae looked at the menu.

"I'll have the house blend please…" Sae ordered, with Sojiro nodding, walking off to prepare the coffee.

"Aha! Found it!" Ren grinned, finally finding his wallet while standing up.

"Hmm?" Sae blinked looking over at Ren as he wiped off the dust from his trousers "Are you a part-timer? I'm surprised that this place could afford one."

"Oh! I uh well- ""His dads an old college friend of mine, he's staying with me so he can study in the city."

Ren looked at Sojiro, honestly surprised that he kept his probation under wraps, while Sae nodded.

"Ah a high school student I see, where do you attend, if I may ask" Sae asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh uh, I'm going to Shujin Academy in its hero program," Ren explained, with Sae nodding.

"Shujin huh? My sister goes there too, I heard about what's been going on with Kamoshida…glad he didn't do anything to her" Sae admitted, before clutching her chin "Still a former hero suddenly changing the way he's been acting years and admitting all the wrongs he's done…all of a sudden as well…"

Gulping at that Ren rubbed his head as he thought of something to say "If it helps I heard a rumour that some old villain he had pissed off was going to attack him…he was even taken to U.A. right before he put himself under suspension."

"Ah so a former villain…but even with a Quirk can someone's mental state really be changed so easily…" Sae wondered, with a frown before she was met with the smell of coffee.

"Here you go, fresh house blend" Sojiro smirked, with Sae nodding while Ren took his chance to leave the cafe.

Shibuya

Third person P.O.V.

"Alright! This is the place" Morgana smirked, as Ren walked up towards a shop in the Back alleys of Shibuya called Untouchable which looked to be an airsoft shop as well as a pawn shop.

"Huh so this is where you got our gear" Ren said, crossing his arms with Morgana nodding.

"Yup, we might be able to get some other gear here if we ever need to change another heart" Morgana smirked, as Ren walked into the shop.

"Welcome" The owner said, as Ren looked over at him, he was a middle-aged man with short grey hair and grey-coloured eyes, faint noticeable stubble, sideburns and earrings. A tattoo of a grey-coloured gecko is on the left side of his neck near the back. He usually has a lollipop in his wears a grey pin-striped hat with yellow ear defenders, a black turtleneck sweater, a long grey coat with a red peace symbol on the left hem of his coat, simple blue jeans and black leather boots "You're new, don't look like the type to be into this stuff."

"I mean my Quirk is a gun so I could be interested, but that's not what I'm here for…this place doubles as a pawn shop right?" Ren asked, as the man nodded.

"Yeah, you got something you wanna sell?" He asked, as Ren pulled out the medal, surprising the man.

"That's…for the U.A. sports festival…you sure you wanna sell that?" He questioned, as Ren shrugged.

"Not mine, an acquaintance of a friend's dad said we could sell it since he ain't a hero anymore" Ren shrugged, as the man examined the medal.

"Definitely real…guess it's not the first time I've sold one of these" The owner said, before looking up "I can give you 30000 yen for it."

"Seriously, only that much? Thought it would have been more" Ren blinked, as the owner looked at him.

"You'd be surprised how often people like me get these, now are you gonna take it or-" The owner said, before spotting some suits outside the store "Actually, if you do something for me I'd be willing to double it."

"I'm listening…" Ren said, still uncertain as the man took out a paper bag holding something as well as the money.

"All I need you to do is take this and put it in your bag then bring it back next time you're around, easy enough?" He asked, as Ren looked at the bag.

"You should do it, more funds is always a good thing" Morgana said, as Ren shrugged.

"Alright but if it's something that'll get me in trouble I swear to god…" Ren shrugged, as he placed the paper bag in his bag next to Morgana.

"Quick on the uptake…I like that" he smirked, before noticing them move in "They're here, keep cool kid."

Two suited men then walked in as Iwai and Ren turned to them, one was in a brown suit and the other black.

"Munehisa Iwai, yes? There are some matters we'd like to discuss with you" The brown suited man said, crossing his arms.

"...go kid" he whispered, as Ren looked at him with a confused look before shrugging and heading to the door as the suited men walked up to Iwai.

"You know why we're here right?" The brown suited man asked, as Iwai smirked.

"Dunno, you out here looking for evidence?You tell me Mr. detective" Iwai asked, catching Ren's attention as he looked back.

"Watch your attitude bastard!" The black suited man growled, slamming his hand on the counter.

"Well you guys gonna search the store? Go on, do what you gotta do" He shrugged, crossing his arms surprising the detectives "What? An upstanding citizen like me is supposed to be cooperative with the police."

"Hey, are you sure the lead was legitimate?" The brown suited man asked, making the black suited man growl.

"I could have sworn it was…" he said, making Iwai snicker.

"Can you hurry it up? I got a business to run here" Iwai asked, making the detectives look down.

"Hey kid!" The black suited detective yelled, making Ren gulp "You've been here this whole time, what are you doing here? Anything suspicious."

"Uh not really, just selling some things and getting some training gear for my Quirk" Ren explained, causing the detective to raise an eyebrow "My Quirks like a gun, so practising with airsoft for my hero class just made sense to me."

"I can show it all to you from the security tapes if you'd like, I got nothing to hide" Iwai suggested, making the detective scoff.

"You're not getting away that easy! Show me the bag now" The Black suited detective yelled, reaching forward but Ren moved out of the way.

"I already told you, besides isn't this breaking some kind of law?" Ren questioned, making the Suited man growl while Iwai snickered.

"Hey! He's just a kid besides he's not who we're after" The brown suited detective said, making the black suit growl.

"That's right, maybe next time try not harassing my customers, see what happens" Iwai scoffed as the man looked down before Iwai looked over at Ren "Safe trip home kid."

Ren gave him a silent nod before leaving the building and turning the corner "So, what's in the bag Morgana."

"It's just another model gun, really detailed though, almost fooled me" Morgana explained, making Ren blink.

"Huh, well lucky break then" Ren nodded while rubbing his head "The others are gonna freak at this."

Ren then blinked as he saw a familiar redhead talking to someone as Ren couldn't help but grin and sneak up to her.

"BOO!" "EEEK!" Yoshizawa screamed, before spinning around only to be surprised "Senpai?!."

"Hey! Funny seeing you here Sumi" Ren grinned, while Yoshizawa smiled and playfully punched his arm.

"Senpai! I told you not to scare me like that! And what are you doing here?" Yoshizawa asked, making Ren grin.

"Hehe, I just had some business around here and was about to head back when I ran into you and your friend," Ren explained.

"Yoshizawa-san, who's this?" Yoshizawa's friend asked, who was the green haired student that Ren met when meeting Yoshizawa

"Oh right! Midoriya, this is the Senpai I was telling you about! The one from the Hero course" Yoshizawa explained, before turning back to Ren "Senpai, meet Izuku Midoriya."

"Ah! Nice to meet you!" Izuku grinned, quickly running up and shaking his hand "I heard about you from Yoshizawa-san! Is it true your Quirk suddenly changed out of nowhere! How did you do it! And how did you get those amazing skills from the relay!."

"Man this guy's really crazy about Quirks" Morgana sweatdropped, while laying in the bag.

"Uh, think you could step back a bit" Ren asked, making Izuku realise what he was doing.

"Ah! Um S-Sorry, I didn't mean to get all excited like that" Izuku apologised, quickly apologising.

"Sorry about him Senpai, Midoriya is a bit excitable when it comes to heroes" Yoshizawa explained, but Ren waved it off.

"Nah it's fine I get ya, so you're Sumi's UA friend huh?" Ren asked, making Izuku blink.

"Huh? Ah yeah, that's right" Izuku nodded "I'm glad to know Yoshiawa has some good friends like you, especially with the news from the school…I even heard they brought in a dangerous criminal on probation into the school."

When Izuku said that Ren and Yoshizawa couldn't help but look at each other and snicker which confused the UA student "What's up? Is it something I said?."

"Nah but I should probably introduce myself, I'm Ren Amamiya the dangerous criminal" Ren smirked, as Izuku looked at him shocked.

"EEEEEEEEEEHHHHHH?!" Izuku gasped, shocked, which caused Ren and Yoshizawa to laugh.

"We have a lot to explain huh? Do you wanna join us Senpai?" Yoshizawa asked, making Ren frown.

"Sorry I'd love to but I gotta help out my guardian back in my place" Ren apologised which made Yoshizawa frown.

"Oh…that's too bad…" Yoshizawa said with a saddened expression before shaking her head "Well we'll just go out ourselves, right Midoriya?."

"Wait, you guys are going to lunch?" Ren asked, as the two nodded "You guys want curry?."

A few minutes later

Leblanc

Third person P.O.V.

"SOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOODDDDDD!" Both Yoshizawa and Izuku cheered, as they ate the Leblanc curry.

"Heh told you it was good" Ren grinned, as he cleaned some of the dishes.

"Dang kid, I was gonna chew you out for taking so long but it seems you brought some really hungry customers," Sojiro laughed, as he prepared their third plate.

"I can't believe the curry and coffee go so well together…and it's so cheap too! I definitely gotta bring my friends over here some time" Izuku smiled, as he tried some of the coffee.

"Yeah definitely! My dad would love this place, I definitely gotta tell him about this place" Yoshizawa agreed with an excitable grin.

Ren couldn't help but chuckle about how excited they were about the curry before he heard the sound of a phone call as Sojiro finished setting the curry.

Checking his phone Sojiro sighed before a soft smile grew on his face as looked over at Ren "Hey I got some stuff to take care of, mind watching the place while I'm gone."

"Sure thing, I don't mind," Ren shrugged, as he took the plates and gave them to the two customers while taking away their dirty dishes to be cleaned.

"I'm sorry for my reaction back there Amamiya-kun, I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions like that" Izuku admitted, as Ren shrugged.

"Meh, I'm used to it. Besides, Shujin doesn't exactly have the best public opinion right now," Ren shrugged while working on the dishes.

"Still I can't believe the former number 1 hero did all of that stuff, he didn't do anything to you did he Yoshizawa?" Izuku asked, with a worried look.

"Don't worry, we only met once and all he did was try and convince me to hate Senpai" Yoshizawa sighed as she thought back to that day.

"Yeah I was kind of his punching bag, he spread my record to the school and tried convincing everyone that the reason Shiho jumped was because of me," Ren admitted.

"I can't believe a hero could do something like that" Izuku frowned, with a look of sadness.

"Don't forget that just because he's a hero doesn't mean he isn't still human, he was jealous of All Might for taking his spotlight and was worried I was going to do the same so he got desperate" Ren said, as Izuku nodded.

"Yeah you're right, I shouldn't forget anyone could fall like he did" Izuku nodded, with a soft smile.

"I have to ask though Senpai" Yoshizawa asked, looking over at Ren "Those calling cards, were those your doing? You did say you were going to do something."

"Calling cards?" Izuku blinked, as Yoshizawa nodded. "Yeah, before Kamoshida went on suspension a bunch of calling cards were posted detailing his crimes and said they were going to make him confess."

Ren was silent for a moment as he looked down at Morgana who shook his head making Ren sigh "Nah it wasn't me, I had actually tried bringing someone from UA to tell the Principal everything, but he was blackmailed into not doing it…I had recorded the conversation too since I followed Kamoshida."

"Really? From UA, who was it" Izuku asked, a look of curiosity on his face while Ren looked away.

'I probably shouldn't mention the whole All Might thing…' Ren thought, before looking over at Izuku "No one special, just some skinny teacher with long blonde hai-" "EH?!."

Both Ren and Yoshizawa blinked as they looked at Izuku who blushed "Ah um, sorry don't mind me."

"Right…" Ren nodded, before hearing a phone call prompting him to turn to Yoshizawa.

"Ah sorry, that's my dad…I'll just be outside for a sec" Yoshizawa apologised, as she left the cafe.

An awkward silence was present in the room as Ren cleaned the dishes while Izuku sipped his coffee.

However as he worked, Ren couldn't help but remember something about Izuku.

"Yeah, I was surprised too. I've never heard of anyone suddenly developing a Quirk like that."

"Oh that one I can answer, they'd develop a brand new Quirk!"

"Hey Midoriya I've been meaning to ask you something…" Ren mentioned, as Izuku perked up "Hmm, yeah?".

"Yoshizawa mentioned that you suddenly got a Quirk out of nowhere and that's how you got into UA, how exactly did you do that" Ren asked, causing Izuku to tense up.

"Wait! Are you saying he could have gotten a Persona" Morgana asked, with widened eyes while Ren smirked.

"Oh! W-Well you know, i-it was a big s-surprise for me too. I just suddenly h-had it-""Midoriya, I know".

"Huh?" Midoriya blinked with honest shock and surprise "W-Wait, you know about it!".

"That's right, I know you have a Persona" "You know about One for All!" "I'm sorry, One for- what now?"

The two boys just stared at each other with surprised and confused eyes…before they started sweating heavily.

"You messed up…" Morgana groaned, leaning his head against the counter.

"W-What's a Persona?" Izuku asked, which caused Ren to gulp.

"W-What's One for All?" Ren shot back, which caused Izuku to do the same.

"Okay look" Ren finally broke the silence as Izuku looked up at him "Clearly, we both just fucked up so I'm willing to make a deal if you are?"

"O-Okay…w-what is it?" Izuku asked, looking a little worried.

"You don't say anything about my thing and I won't say anything about your thing, then we both just pretend this conversation never happened…deal?"

Izuku thought it over for a moment before he nodded "Deal."

The two concluded this with a handshake and a nod before they went back to their business.

"Um, actually Ren, there was something I wanted to ask…about Yoshizawa-san" Midoriya said, as Ren looked back at her with a raised eyebrow.

"What's up?"

"Um…have you noticed anything off…about Yoshizawa-san?" Izuku asked, as Ren raised an eyebrow.

"Off…what do you mean?" Ren asked, as Izuku looked down.

"It's just that…she's been acting…different…ever since…" Izuku went silent for a moment before he shook his head "No never mind, I shouldn't put this one on you".

Ren raised an eyebrow at that and was about to say something when the door then opened up as Yoshizawa walked in with an apologetic look "Sorry that took so long".

"Everything okay, Sumi?" Ren wondered, as Yoshizawa sighed.

"Not really, it was my dad… he asked if I could come home now since it's starting to get late" she explained, while reaching for the bag "Sorry about that Senpai".

"Nah it's fine, he's just worried about you" Ren smiled, before Izuku stood up too.

"I should go home too before my mom get's worried" Izuku nodded, before the two quickly paid and left.

"Jeez that was an ordeal" Morgana sighed, as he walked up to Ren "You just had to ask him huh".

"I really thought he had a Persona alright, jeez beat me up more why don't ya" Ren groaned and rolled his eyes.

As this was happening we switched to inside of Ren's heart or the Thieves den, where the Persona's had just seen this happen.

"So that's what happened to me…" Shadow Sumire muttered, before looking down "I'm just like Kasumi…".

"Sumire…" Arsene muttered, before hearing the sound of sniffling.

"I guess this really is for the best…all I ever wanted was to be like her after all…" Shadow Sumire stated, as she gripped her chest "Maybe it would really be for the best…if I'm gone…".

"DON'T SAY THAT!"

Shadow Sumire blinked before looking up as Arsene gripped her shoulder "Don't ever say that! Sumire!".

"Arsene…" Shadow Sumire muttered, looking into the serious expression of the Persona.

"I may not know what happened to your real self…but that doesn't mean you should just throw yourself away" Arsene stated "All this is…is her and you… running away…running away from whatever happened".

"The fact you still exist, right here and right now…it just means that there's still a part of you that doesn't want this" Arsene said, turning around while Shadow Sumire gripped her chest.

"Whatever happened to you…I promise we're going to figure this out and bring you back to where you belong…alright" Arsene asked, as Shadow Sumire slowly nodded.

"You're right…thank you" Shadow Sumire nodded, but the frown was still on her face.

Chapter Text

Police station

Third person P.O.V.

In the police station we see Akechi in the waiting room while typing on his phone, currently wearing the U.A. uniform with a briefcase next to him and a sheathed sword on his hip nobody else in the general area.

"And now for a breaking news story" A news reporter said, as the detective looked over at the Tv.

"A sudden and stunning fall from grace as former number one hero Suguru Kamoshida/Geo Ball who has since become the Hero Teacher for a city highschool's hero programme has suddenly turned himself in" The news reporter explained, as Alechi raised an eyebrow.

"He has suddenly confessed to problematic behaviour towards his students, his actions and his past as the former number 1 hero, this has caused outcry and a harsh response coming from the public." The news reporter stated, catching Akechi's attention.

"A sudden change of heart…how interesting…but no, most likely just coincidence" Akechi muttered, shaking his head.

"Due to recent reports from U.A. It is believed by a former villain group that Kamoshida is responsible for these actions, however it is stated that is only a working theory and that the police will be investigating these claims and any possible motivation he may have."

"Hmm, you found this story interesting too?" Akechi heard, before looking over at Kurusu walking up to him.

Akechi perked up as he looked at the older man "It's good to see you again, Kurusu-san and not really, just trying to have some back up noise".

"Hmm…fair enough," Kurusu hummed, before spotting the briefcase next to Akechi "Oh you actually going out on patrol today? I still don't know why you chose to work here for your final year instead of an actual hero agency".

"Nothing like that, I was just meaning to get my gear fixed up as for your other question, I just thought this place might be more interesting and besides I don't think many hero agencies will take me in with my…unique abilities" Akechi smiled, as Sae sweatdropped. "If I may ask though, what held you up".

"Ah, visiting an old College friend for lunch, but I'm surprised the great 'detective prince' would want to speak with an old timer like me" He admitted, making Akechi laugh a bit.

"Oh don't sell yourself short Kurusu-san, I've been quite the fan of your work for quite sometime in fact I wouldn't mind talking one on one over some coffee" Akechi smirked, which made Kurusu sweat drop.

"You do know we have a meeting, you are going to attend this time right?" Kurusu asked, crossing his arms as the two walked off with Akechi smiling.

"Well of course".

Hotel
Third person P.O.V.

"CHEERS!"

In a fancy hotel buffet we see Ren, Ryuji and Ann all partaking in a large variety of meals they had picked up from the buffet.

"Holy crap! This meat! It melts in my mouth" Ryuji drooled, as he took a bite into some steak.

"No wonder Lady Ann chose this place!" Morgana smiled, as she scarfed down on some of the fatty tuna.

"Of course it's good! This is a famous hotel after all" Ann smirked as she ate into some of her cake.

"Yeah but don't you guys think you took a bit too much?" Ren sweatdropped, as he looked at the large amount of dishes his friends had grabbed while he ate into his stew.

"Ah come on man lighten up! When will we ever get the chance to eat food this good!" Ryuji grinned, patting his back "We deserve this after what we did for the school."

"Oh yeah actually, I heard rumour that some police officers are coming to the school to interview the students" Ann informed the others as Morgana looked down.

"That's certainly troublesome…" Morgana muttered, looking down.

"Our names are probably going to be coming for sure. People are already spreading rumours about us and Kamoshida" Ryuji sighed, crossing his arms.

"Yeah but not likely they can pin this on us, Kamoshida's sudden change took place in U.A. somewhere we absolutely wouldn't be able to get into and none of our Quirks would be able to do that" Ren shrugged, eating a potato from the stew.

"That's a good point! Plus we got them totally pumped up! I keep hearing stuff like 'the Phantom Thieves really stole his heart!'" Ryuji grinned "I think most of them don't believe it but some of them actually seem grateful! I mean look at this".

Ren, Ann and Morgana looked over at Ryuji's phone showing off a forum talking about the Phantom Thieves.

"The Phantom Aficionado Website? Someone actually made a website about us" Ren questioned as Ann looked over at the comments.

"'Well done Phantom Thieves' 'Now I can keep going too' 'Thank you for giving us hope' Man I was just desperate to solve my own problems…but seeing people thanking us like this, it's strange" Ann smiled, looking at the comments.

"Yeah it's almost like we're actual heroes that got to save people" Ren smiled before for a moment it shifted to a frown.

"So what should we do now…" Ryuji wondered, as Ren raised an eyebrow.

"Finish through the buffet first before thinking about stuff like that" Ren pointed out, making them blink.

"Huh? Oh crap you're right! We only have fifty minutes left" Ryuji yelped, causing Ann to stand up.

"What! But I have to work my way through the entire desert menu!" Ann yelled back, looking scared as well.

"We'll be back! Watch our stuff! We'll get ya some more fish to Mona" Ryuji grinned, as the two walked off back to the buffet.

"They're going to get soooo sick aren't they?" Morgana asked, as Ren slurped up some of his stew "Yup".

"Um excuse me?"

Blinking Ren looked over to see a girl that looked a bit younger than him with long black hair tied into a spiky ponytail and black eyes. She wore a fling sleeved black shirt with a white top, black tights underneath brown shorts and brown boots.

"Sorry to disturb your meal, but did I hear a cat coming from around here?" She asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh crap, did we mess up?" Morgana yelped, looking worried as the girl spotted him.

"Aw so cute" She cooed, walking over and began petting him "I didn't know they allowed pets here".

"They don't but he's kind of like a therapy animal for me so…" Ren explained, as she nodded.

"Ah I see, well I won't say anything but what's his name?" She asked, making Ren smile.

"Morgana, and I'm Ren Amamiya" Ren introduced, making the girl gasp.

"Oh goodness! My apologies. I completely forgot to introduce myself, I'm-" "Yaomomo-chan?!"

"Huh, oh! Takamaki-san!" The girl smiled, as she looked over at Ryuji and Ann walking over to them while holding their dishes.

"Dang Renren, did you know you were so good you could start talking with a cutie like her in like 5 minutes" Ryuji jokes, with a teasing grin.

"It's really not like that, she just walked up after hearing Morgana" Ren explained, as the cat puffed his chest.

"Well of course, she couldn't help but be attracted to my gentlemanly charmes" Morgana smirked.

"So anyway, you two know each other?" Ren asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Ah kinda, we've talked a few times but it's just because our parents have worked together" Ann explained, before turning over to Yaomomo "These are my classmates from school, we came across quite a bit of money so we're celebrating Kamoshida's arrest"

"Oh yeah! I heard about what happened at your school. It must have been horrible finding out what he did to your best friend" Yaomomo frowned, but Ryuji shrugged.

"Ah don't worry about it besides that bastards are gone now thanks to the Phantom Thieves" Ryuji grinned, making Momo blink.

"Eh Phantom Thieves?" She blinked, before Ren delivered an elbow to Ryuji's side.

"It's nothing just a rumour that started happening in our school" Ann dismissed, with Yaomomo nodding.

"Well alright anyway I should be getting back before my parents get worried, but it was nice seeing all of you" Yaomomo smiled, before walking off as the trio waved her goodbye.

"Man she was nice, but dang Ann didn't know your family was that rich" Ren smirked, as Ann sighed.

"Yeah I don't really like talking about it besides they would have asked questions if I made a reservation for here under their name" Ann sighed, shaking her head.

"Well anyway let's dig!" Ryuji grinned, looking at his vast variety of dishes "I ain't letting a single dish be left over, I'll eat till I puke!".

Almost an hour later

Bathroom

Third person P.O.V.

"Ugh I feel like crap" Ryuji groaned, as they walked out of the bathrooms "I totally panicked when I saw the closed for cleaning signs downstairs".

"You were all bragging about how you were going to eat till you puke, then you actually puked…are you some kind of moron?" Morgana questioned, with a raised eyebrow.

"That's what you get when you are literally inhaling your food like that" Ren pointed out, causing Ryuji to roll his eyes.

"Hey man, when you go to a fancy restaurant like this you gotta eat as much as you can, them's the rules" Ryuji nodded to himself, as the two walked into the elevator.

However suddenly a large group of suited people along with their bald leader came into the elevator and began shoving them out.

The leader was a tall, bald man with a small black goatee. He wears a business suit and a pair of orange-tinted square glasses.

"Hey what the eff" Ryuji growled, looking up at the suited men who scoffed.

"Move out of the way, we're pressed for time" The suited man stated, as the bald leader looked at his men.

"Have you gotten any update on our correspondents' investigations?" he asked, as another man walked up.

"N-No sir, he hasn't gotten back to us since we sent him his target but if I may ask why are you so focused on this? Is this really worth your precious time"

"Shut it you incompetent buffoon! Tell that idiot he must pick up the pace or there will be dire consequences" he yelled, making the men stifle.

"Hey man! We were here first!" Ryuji yelled, as one of the suited men walked up.

"We're in a hurry, please stand aside," he asked, making Ryuji scoff.

"Oh I'm sorry! I didn't know you could do whatever the hell you want just because 'you're in a hurry'" Ryuji growled, as the bald man looked down.

"For fucks sakes, what happened to the customer base here…so many damn brats, did they start a daycare or something" the bald man scoffed.

"Oh I'm sorry Lex Luthor, didn't mean to interrupt your totally not evil scheming to kill who I assume is Superman '' Ren smirked, catching the bald man's attention as he looked over and glared at Ren.

"Huh, geh" Ren cringed, as he gripped his head due to a sudden headache.

They shoved Ryuji back while entering the elevator with the door closing behind them.

"Man what the hell was up with that guy" Ryuji scoffed, crossing his arms.

"Shouldn't we focus on meeting with Lady Ann" Morgana asked, making Ryuji sigh "Yeah I know…just…I can't forgive people who look down on folks like that right!".

Ryuji then blinked as he saw Ren holding his head while looking a bit dizzy "Hey, you okay?".

"H-Huh" Ren blinked, holding his head before shaking it "Yeah I'm alright, just felt a bit light headed…let's head back".

However when the three of them got back they were met by Ann who was looking pretty irritated as she turned to them "Oh, so now you come back!"

"Woah! What's with the attitude?" Ryuji asked, causing Ann to sigh as she rubbed her head.

"Sorry…just had a pretty experience," Ann explained, as the others took their seats. "I went to get more food, but some lady bumped into me, and then blamed me when she dropped her plate! What's worse is that the staff sided with the lady over me!".

"Sounds like she had the case of the Karens" Ren said, as he sat down on the couch with Ann nodding.

"What was worse was how they were all giving me this disapproving expression… really goes to show just how much we're out of place here…" Ann sighed, while looking down.

"Guess that's just how it'll always be…we don't have the privileges of living longer lives than they do… doubt people like that would just change…" Ren said, which gave Ryuji an idea.

"Hey Morgana…you said anyone could have a Palace, right?" Ryuji asked, as the cat popped out the bag.

"Anyone with a strong, distorted desire yeah…why do you ask?" Morgana questioned, with a smirk.

"Which means they would also get a change of heart if we managed to steal their treasure" Ryuji nodded, as Ann turned her head.

"Why are you asking about this stuff all of a sudden?" Ann asked, as Ryuji looked over at her.

"I was just thinkin…maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to keep doing this stuff…" Ryuji suggested, surprising the others.

"You mean the Phantom Thief stuff?" Ren asked, with Ryuji nodding while pulling up the website.

"So many people were thanking us for stopping Kamoshida, we'd be helping people and getting back at those shitty adults" Ryuji grinned.

"That…actually isn't a bad idea, there are so many people suffering that heroes or the police can't help…like Shiho and the other students…this is something only we can do!" Ann declared with a serious look.

"Ha. And here I thought I'd have to bring this idea up myself." Morgana says, grinning from ear to ear. "Under my tutelage, I'm sure there's no heart we can't steal!"

"That just leaves…" Ryuji said, as he looked over at Ren.

"...You're right…there are people that heroes or the police can't help…and if we can have the chance to help people…actually help people, so they don't turn out to be in the same position as me…then we have to do this" Ren started with a determined look.

"Aw right! Oooh! I know, we should decide on a name for our group! I just went with Phantom Thieves of Hearts last time but we gotta come up with a proper name" Ryuji smirked, with the others nodding.

"Ooh! I've got it! The Diamonds, luxurious and cute sounding" Ann smiled, while the others sweatdropped.

"Meh, doesn't really have anything to do with what we're doing" "Yeah and it's a little too, baseball…".

"Well screw you guys! I'd like to see you come up with one" Ann pointed out as Ryuji thought.

"Well we basically got stands…how about the trickstars! You know, like Gangstars from the anime Ryuji suggested, which the others shook their heads at.

"It's not bad, but we shouldn't get too reference heavy" Ren stated, before Morgana popped out the bag,

"How about this! The Tilefish Poele!" Morgana grinned, as Ryuji nodded "That's fancy sounding! What's it mean?".

"I think it's just a fish dish in the buffet" Ren noted, causing Ann and Ryuji to give Morgana a look.

"H-Hey! It's commemorative!" Morgana pouted, before looking over "How about our leaders decide for us?".

"I'm not really good at this stuff…how about the Lupinrangers?" Ren suggested, making the others snicker.

"Dude that's way to featherman sounding" "Yeah, and it only describes your Persona!".

This conversation went on for a long while as they continued trying to decide on a name until finally they were nearing the time limit.

"We suck at this…" Ren admitted, as the others nodded in agreement.

"You guys just wanna keep the Phantom Thieves of Hearts?"

"YES!".

"...N'alright, it's decided, we are now the Phantom Thieves of Hearts" Ren announced, with the others smiling.

As the trio began leaving the hotel, Morgana popped his head "I will say though, whoever we go after next, I want the decision to be unanimous. If one of us doesn't want to do it, none of us will."

"Good idea." Ann lowered her hand and combed through her bangs with it. "I don't think I could handle the pressure if I didn't feel comfortable with one."

"Hey, team picture for our founding?" Ryuji wiggled his phone in his hand. "I wanna remember this."

"That's not a bad idea, let's do it" Ren smiled, as they all moved in for a group picture to commemorate their start as the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

Velvet Room

Third person P.O.V.

"Oh great…here again" Ren dryly said, as he woke up in the prison cell of the Velvet Room.

"Hmph, it's about time you woke up inmate" He heard, looking over to see Caroline and Justine glaring at him "Stand up straight! Don't make our master wait"

"Yeah yeah, I'm getting up…just give me a break" Ren sighed, stretching a bit as he walked to the cell door.

"It's good to see you again, I've brought you here to congratulate you" Igor smirked, causing Ren to raise an eyebrow.

"You want to congratulate me? So you've been watching me when we fought Kamoshida" Ren asked, with Igor nodding.

"Indeed, we've watched as you've met companion who match you ideals as well as how you've found a place in the waking world where you belong, everything has been set…we can now begin your rehabilitation in earnest" Igor declared, "Now then, as you have proven yourself worthy… allow me to tell you how you mauve avoid the ruin which awaits you".

"But let me guess, you're still not going to tell me what the ruin actually is" Ren guessed, making Igor chuckle.

"You catch on quickly, you are not ready to hear about the ruin coming towards you but you may be so, in the not-so-distant future" Igor explained "I can tell you that you must continue strengthening and creating more bonds, you bear a unique quality but only when polished does that quality become strength, yours is yet frail. Nurture it, and you will gain the power to fight back against the oncoming ruin that is the rehabilitation that I task unto you".

"I don't understand…" Ren sighed, completely confused at what he meant.

"He's saying the power of the wild card is connected to the strength of your bonds…you have to continue strengthening the bonds you have with your friends, as well as making more bonds with people to become the strongest you can be" Another voice said, catching Ren's attention as he looked over at one of the other cells.

Ren's eyes widened when he saw someone in one of the other cells, he couldn't quite see who it was but he did notice the man had silver hair.

"Quite inmate! Don't interrupt the master when you aren't spoken to!" Caroline yelled, slamming the nearby cell.

Ren then looked over at the other cells, his eyes widening as he saw several other people in the other cells "I never realised there were so many people here…".

"They are none of your concern, inmate" Justine said, as Ren looked down at her "You will also be working with us to complete a list of Persona's you must create through fusion".

"Huh, well that doesn't sound too bad" Ren blinked, only for Caroline to laugh.

"Don't think it'll be easy inmate, you will need specific Persona's to complete each one and trust me it will be incredibly demanding for someone like you! Justine, tell him what the first one is" Caroline laughed as Justine looked at the list.

"You must create a Jack Frost who knows the Mabufu skill" Justine read out, making Caroline smirk.

"Oh I can't wait to see you struggling to make that Perso-" "Uh, you know I already have that one right?".

"WHAT!" Caroline yelled, while Justine snickered.

"Of course he had them, you were there when he made it" Justine pointed out which made Caroline blush.

"I-I knew that! I was just testing him! Gah, forget this! Can he leave now" Caroline yelled, which made Igor chuckle.

"Well you are indeed progressing at quite a fast rate, who knows maybe more unexpected surprises will be coming your way…let's see how you will face those surprises" Igor grinned, as Ren felt himself falling back to sleep.

Shujin Academy

Third person P.O.V.

Ren yawned as he rubbed his eyes, waiting in the nearly empty classroom as he waited for class to start, even Morgana was still asleep at his desk as he remembered what had happened in his dream.

"Who was that guy…he sounded like he had the same power as me…could there be other Persona users out there… are they the other people in the cells…hmm" Ren wondered, as he looked at his hand.

"Hey, you're looking pretty tired are you okay?" Ren blinked, as he looked up to see Mishima walking up to him.

"Mishima? What's up" Ren asked, leaning back as Mishima smirked.

"Oh nothing much, just wondering if you've heard of the Phantom Aficionado website?" Mishima wondered, as Ren nodded "Hehe, guess what I was the one who made it".

"Wait what, really? Why would you do that" Ren asked, with a raised eyebrow prompting the student to look left and right before moving up really close.

"Because you guys are the Phantom Thieves…right?" Mishima said, making Ren's eyes widen.

"Okay first of all, move back please" Ren sweatdropped, prompting Mishima to move back with an apology "Alright, second of all why would you think I was the one who did that Phantom Thief prank".

"Well I remembered what you told me after Kamoshida said he was going to expel us and I may have overheard you talking with Yoshizawa that you had something planned, and don't worry I won't tell anyone that you are" Mishima promised.

"Let's just set this straight I did try something, but it didn't work out…I had gotten Takamaki to vouch for us that it wasn't Shiho and even got a hero who was a regular at the cafe I work out to vouch for us as well…he ended up getting black mailed by Kamoshida stuff but still" Ren shrugged, but Mishima wasn't convinced.

"Right~~, I'll believe that"

"Ugh fine, but why make the website and not just rat us out?" Ren asked, making Mishima look down.

"Listen I know…I did a lot to you…and I don't expect you to forgive me…but I wanna make this right, I thought helping spread the word about the Phantom Thieves are there problems more people might be open to ask for help, then you'll get even more famous" Mishima explained, as Ren sweatdropped,

"Yeah, real heroic reason there…" Ren said sarcastically

"There are also a lot of people with high hopes for the Phantom Thieves next move, I even set up a poll, see" Mishima smiled, showing off his phone.

The poll had a simple question, 'Do you think the Phantom Thieves are real?'. With the percentage only being a 6.9.

"I've wanted to be a hero ever since I was a kid, but this form of justice, helping to stop people using their power on people who can't be saved by heroes…it sounds incredible, I want to help out…if I can" Mishima asked, with a look of hope in his eyes.

"It's up to you I guess, doubt I can stop you" Ren sighed, which prompted MIshima to chuckle.

"Then I guess I'll keep doing what I'm doing" Mishima grinned, before hearing the class bell "Well got go, see you".

Ren sighed as he laid his head on his desk with Morgana poking his head out "Looks like we got more trouble".

"Not sure about that, but I'll text the others to talk on the roof about this…" Ren sighed, as he took out his phone to tell the others.

As this happened we see a student walking past the classroom doors with a frown on her face.

This student Makoto Nijima, the student council president of Shujin has brown hair in a bob cut with blunt bangs and a French-braid styled headband that matches her hair colour with her eyes being reddish brown. Her winter school uniform appears normal but without the standard blazer. Instead, she wears a black halter vest over a long-sleeve white shirt with a turtleneck (which is different from normal turtlenecks for female students as there is a noticeable zipper). She wears the regulation black and red pleated plaid skirt, black pantyhose and black-brown ankle boots.

"Hah, what have I gotten myself into…" she sighed, as she thought back to what she was asked to do before golden week.

Flashback

Third person P.O.V.

"You wished to speak with me, Principal Kobayakawa?" Makoto asked, as she walked into the Principal Office.

"Yes I wanted to speak with you about what happened earlier this week" Kobayakawa stated, crossing his arms "You saw the state Kamoshida-kun was in, did you not, it was as if his personality had completely changed, something is definitely wrong here".

"From what I've heard, some students were meddling with his business shortly before he stopped coming to the school…they might have done something to him…" Kobayakawa wondered, causing Makoto's eyes to widen.

"You're not saying that one of the students used their Quirks on Kamoshida are you?" Makoto asked, with Kobayakawa nodding.

"That's what I wish to know, even if it takes some probing into student matters…I would like you to look into it for me" He stated, as Makoto looked down.

"It is true that there are many rumours regarding Mr Kamoshida…but are you suggesting that those calling cards could have been sent by students? At worst I thought they could have been old villains but this…" Makoto muttered.

"It is undeniable that something has happened to Mr Kamoshida, and according to the people at U.A. it happened almost instantaneously, I'd like to have a grasp at the cause" Kobayakawa explained "This would also let me handle the mass media and police in the correct fashion".

"I will continue speaking with Mr Kamoshida and try to find out what happened, but if the true culprit isn't found these rumours about the school may never die down, don't you agree" Kobayakwa asked, as Makoto looked down with an unsure look.

"You have been at the top of your class since the start of the year Makoto, if you do this for me I could write you a recommendation for any college of your choosing" Kobayakwa offered, causing Makoto's eyes to widen.

"T-Thank you sir" She nodded, as the Principal looked over at the window.

"Such excellence must run in your family, your sisters so young and yet she holds such an honourable position at the public prosecutor office, no…?" he asked, giving a side look over at Makoto who perked up at the mention of her sister.

"If something were to happen here, that may very well do something to your dear sister's reputation…do you understand what I'm saying?" He questioned, as Makoto looked down.

"Yes sir…I do…"

"That's great, no wonder you're our student council president…I'd appreciate it if you looked into this as soon as possible, I ask that you begin at once" He asked, with Makoto nodding.

"Yes sir, if you'll excuse me then…" she nodded, before turning around and leaving the room.

Flashback end

"I suppose, I'll have to start with the students that he called out…" She said, taking out her phone and looking at the recording people took of the confession.

"Ren Amamiya…his Scapegoat…and Takamaki Ann, his hostage…its better place to start then any" Makoto sighed, as she headed to class.

School Roof

Third person P.O.V.

"Woah hold, so it was Mishima who made the website" Ryuji gaped, as the four hung out on the school roof.

"And he's even pieced together who we are…should we do something about it?" Ann asked, but Ren crossed his arms.

"He seemed to be genuinely grateful for what we did, so I guess it wouldn't hurt to let him keep doing what he's doing," Ren shrugged, crossing his arms.

"I agree, besides having a website where people can post their problems would make it easier to find targets" Morgana admitted, as Ryuji leaned back.

"Speaking of which I've been looking at the website and none of these posts are any good. Everyone's just bitching' about their parents or their boyfriends…not even a hint at a Palace" Ryuji sighed, swiping through the phone.

"We don't necessarily need someone bad enough that they have a Palace" Morgana said making Ann blink "Really? Why's that? ".

"I'll explain later, for now we just need to find someone's name who seems pretty bad" Morgana stated, as Ren looked at the phone.

"We have all day to find someone on the Phansite, let's just keep looking…" Ren sighed, still looking through his phone before they heard the door open.

"You know the roof has been closed off right?" They heard, with Morgana quickly going to hide as Makoto walked in.

"Oh…" Ann pouted, losing what enthusiasm she had which confused Ren.

Ryuji looked less than thrilled to see this girl as well. "... We'll get outta here once we're done chattin'. Anyways, what's Miss Council President want with us?"

"Ah, so she's the student council president" Ren muttered, as he leaned next to the table.

For a moment Makoto studied the three as her eyebrows raised a bit. "The troublemaker, the girl of rumour and the infamous transfer student…quite the interesting combination for a friend group, all specific victims of Kamoshida."

"Yeah how shocking, because abuse victims have never come together for support" Ren said sarcastically.

"By the way, I was wondering if I could get some context for what Mr Kamoshida said about you? He did so much stuff to you, it would help to know how it started" Makoto asked, as Ren smirked.

"Sure, first of all he punched me in the face after pointing out his insecurities with All Might" Ren explained, crossing his arms "Guess he was quite pissed at me "He was trying to convince me to go on his side after what happened to Shiho so he could make Ryuji and Mishima his Scapegoat, guess he got pretty pissed after that so he tried putting all the blame on me".

"Yeah dude has pretty bad…what's the name for a fear of losing attention?" Ryuji asked, before shrugging. "Look, what's all this about? My friend here's an upstanding guy, he's helped a lot of people from Kamoshida and even won the Quirk relay, he doesn't deserve this stuff".

"I don't mean to offend, it's just that a lot of students have been shaken up by Mr Kamoshida's confession…even the rumours about that odd calling card-esque posting aren't going away either, makes you wonder if it could be one of the students trying to get back at him" Makoto wondered, as Ryuji and Ann looked at each other.

"I didn't expect someone like you would care about that tactless stuff, Niijima-senpai." Ann smiled, causing Ryuji to pout.

"I wouldn't say it was tactless…" Ryuji pouted before shaking his head "Anyway, are we done here? We can't exactly leave if you keep asking questions".

"At least try to understand my position. Being forced to deal with this horseplay..." Makoto sighed, which annoyed Ann.

"Horseplay?!" Ann yelled, but Ren stopped her from doing anything before looking over at Makoto who turned around.

"Ah yes, by the way Amamiya-kun... Principal Kobayakawa was looking for you, something about your trip to the U.A. sports festival" Makoto explained, before taking her leave.

"Hah, what was all of that about?" Ann questioned, crossing her arms.

"She's onto us" Morgana said, jumping from his hiding place "We definitely should be cautious around her".

"Tch, she really pisses me off…you are two, right Ren?" Ryuji asked, looking over at Ren who shrugged.

"Meh, not really" Ren admitted, rubbing his head "I can understand her situation, the principal is probably forcing her to look into it to stop all the unwanted attention".

"That does sound like something he'd do" Ryuji nodded, before turning to Morgana "So what do we do now?".

"There's somewhere I wanna take you guys after school, but for now focus on finding some targets" Morgana said, as Ren stood up.

"Then I'm gonna head over to the Principal Office, hopefully it won't be bad news" Ren said, waving them bye as he headed to the school.

Shibuya station

Third person P.O.V.

"They're cancelling your trip to the U.A. Sports Festival?!" Ryuji gawked, as they walked off the train from school.

"Yeah, they said that the Kamoshida incident may cause some unwanted attention to me so U.A. decided to revoke the trip" Ren sighed, rubbing his head "Lucky they said they're preparing something else that'll be happening next month".

"Still though, that's pretty shitty…I mean this was VIP tickets to one of the biggest events in the world" Ann exclaimed, crossing her arms "I was kinda looking forward to it to be honest…if you were inviting us".

"Well of course, you're the only friends I got here" Ren shrugged, making the others smile "Anyway, did you guys find any targets".

"Yup, check this out" Ann smiled, as she showed Ren and Morgana her phone.

"Please help us, there is a Delinquent transfer student in our school who could go off anytime" Morgana read out, as Ren looked up with a raised eyebrow.

"Sorry, wrong one" Ann apologised while scrolling through her phone.

"There was a weird large amount of ones targeting you dude" Ryuji admitted, rubbing his head.

"Ah here it is, 'I don't know what to do about my ex who's stalking me. His name is Natushiko Nakanohara'...Is this one any good Morgana? It says he's a teller at city hall" Ann asked, making the cat smirk.

"That should be a suitable target," Morgana grinned, as Ryuji leaned back.

"A government guy is stalking someone…creepy" Ryuji shivered, as Ren crossed his arms.

"So what do we do now?" Ren asked, prompting Morgana to look over at him.

"Boot up the app if you can and put in his name," Morgana explained, making Ryuji grin.

"We're going to go straight into a palace? Fine by me" Ryuji smiled, but Ann pouted.

"Hey, what happened to this be a unanimous decision…what do you think Ren?" Ann asked, looking over at him.

"Well we don't exactly have anyone else, so why not" Ren shrugged, prompting Ann to sigh.

"You two are way too laid back about this…fine, let's do it" Ann admitted in defeat as Ren pulled out his phone.

"So we got a name…but what about the location? We don't exactly know this guy" Ren asked but Morgana shook his head.

"We don't need a location this time, just say his name along with 'Mementos'" Morgana told him, causing Ren to raise an eyebrow.

"Mementos? Well alright" he shrugged, before activating the app.

"Natushiko Nakanohara. Mementos."

BEGINNING NAVIGATION

The teens then blinked as everything around them began getting distorted, until all of the people around them suddenly disappeared

"Huh?! What happened to the people! Everyone disappeared!" Ren gasped, looking around before seeing Ann tripping a bit.

"And why does it feel like I'm walking on air?" she questioned, as she tried getting back up.

"Is this meant to be Nakanohara's Palace?" Ryuji asked, as Morgana smirked.

"Something like that, follow me and I'll explain" Morgana grinned, as he ran into the train station with the others following him.

Mementos

Third person P.O.V.

"Dang how deep is this place" Ryuji said, as the four of them walked down stairs of the station until finally they hit their location.

Mementos looked like a normal train station but with a deep red aura all around the place with a flowing black energy flowings around the station

"Phew finally we're, wait what?!" Ann gasped, as the teens looked down and they found they were in their Thieves' clothes.

"Heh, seems you finally noticed" Mona smirked, leaping on the pass scanner while crossing his arms.

"What's going on? Has the shadows already noticed us" Joker asked, making Mona smirk.

"Oh yeah, since we first got here…don't worry though, they never come up here" Mona said, as Skull looked over at him.

"So what the heck is this place anyway" Skull asked, as Mona turned to them.

"This is Mementos, think of it as everyone's Palace" Mona said, confusing the teens.

"Huh? What are you talking about Mona" Panther questioned, as Mona looked up.

"A Palace as grand as Kamoshida's only forms when someone's desire has become exceptionally distorted, so instead of many individual Palaces, the public has one gigantic shared Palace, that's where we are…Mementos' ' Mona explained but it only confused them more.

"Now that you mention it, this place does feel really different from Kamoshida's Palace," Panther noted, as she looked around.

"Wait hold up, how can they be all put together even though they are strangers?" Skull asked, as Joker looked at him.

"If I'm getting this right, Mementos is like one big tree made up of everyone's desires and the other Palaces are meant to be fruit that grows off the trees, am I right?" Joker wondered, making Mona smirk.

"Couldn't have said it better myself, and after a bit of searching I found that thanks to your App we can find where specific people's Shadows are in this place" Mona smirked, looking around.

"So we can change people's hearts and steal their treasure even if they don't have a Palace" Panther gasped, with Mona smirking "Exactly".

"But how are we meant to go through here? This place looks pretty big so I doubt we could go by foot" Skull noted, looking down the elevator.

"Fufufu, guess it's finally time I show you all…MY TRUE POWER!" Mona grinned, before striking a pose as everyone looked at him.

"MOR~~~GANA~ HENSHIN!" he yelled, with his body shining before he jumped into the air.

"HOLY SHIT!" All of them yelled, as they saw Mona suddenly transformed into a large bus.

"Hehe, what do you guys think?" Mona said, from the car's radio as they walked up to him.

"Dude! Why didn't you tell us you had a Quirk! And an awesome one too!" Skull grinned, looking at the bus.

"This is your Quirk?! You're a shapeshifter!" Joker gawked, looking at the bus before realising something "Wait, but then why did you never turn yourself human".

"I only got my Quirk recently so I still don't know the full ropes to it, the best I can turn into are birds and other animals the same size as me. But when I'm in here I feel a lot more energised so I can turn into this form for as long as I want" Mona grinned, but Panther turned her head.

"But I thought you said Quirks couldn't be used in the Metaverse" she asked, making the bus honk.

"Excellent question Lady Ann, the reason why your Quirks wouldn't work was because of the Palace Rulers cognition right? But since this place is everyone's Palace your Quirks work just fine" Mona explained, as Joker confirmed this by activating his Quirk.

"Well that's certainly handy" Joker grinned, as he looked over at the bus before realising something "Wait, are you able to drive yourself too?".

"Uuuuuuummmmm"

"I'll take that as a no" Joker sighed, before the Thieves got into the car with Joker getting behind the wheel.

"Wait a minute…can you drive?"

"Hehehehe…nope" Joker smirked, dashing off as Skull and Panther screamed in fear.

The drive through Mementos was quite the perilous one as they were met by several shadows that they would have to fight.

However the drive wasn't all bad as Joker managed to get some new Persona's added to his repertoire.

Not only that but they also managed to find some treasure chests that contained items which made their journey through the Palace that much easier.

Eventually they spotted an especially distorted area of Mementos which Mona had instructed them to enter, which led them to finding someone inside who was covered in a dark aura.

"Hey is that Nakanohara's shadow?" Panther asked, as they got out of the car.

"Looks like it, Shadows usually hang around places like these when they're on the road to making Palaces" Mona said, as he returned to normal.

"Lemme see. Some front desk guy at city hall became a stalker, right?" Skull asked, as Joker confirmed it with a nod.

"Yeah, we don't know how much evil's he's really done but we'll have to stop him before he gets worse" Joker declared, with the others nodding before they walked up to Nakanohara as he noticed them.

"Who are you!" Shadow Nakanohara yelled, glaring at them with his golden eyes.

"Can it you bastard!" Panther growled, glaring at him "You're that stalker right? Have you ever considered how your ex feels!".

"Shut up! She's my property. I can do whatever the hell I want with her!" Shadow Nakanohara shot back, glaring at the thieves "How dare you act like that when you have no idea how she treated me! The only reason she cared about me was because of my status as Madarame's student! Now that that's gone she just threw me away! I won't let that happen!".

"And what? You think things'll get better if you obsess over her! You can't treat someone like that just because they did it to you" Skull yelled, glaring at him "We're gonna change the hearts of all the bastards like you."

"Hah! Please, if you really believed you'd go after the real monster Madarame! He stole everything from me and that doesn't even compare to what he did to my brothers and sisters who tried standing up to him!" He shot back, confusing the thieves.

"Madawhome? Don't think changing the subject will stop us from changing your heart" Joker declared, causing Nakanohara to glare at him.

In a manner not too dissimilar to how Kamoshida transformed, Natsuhiko changed. Unlike Kamoshida's big, hulking monstrosity of a form, he turned into a simple Imp-like shadow with the same bowl cut as him. This Shadow was called Obariyon

"Alright guys, here he comes!" Mona yelled, as the Shadow dashed towards them.

"Huh? Gah!" Joker cringed, as he was suddenly punched back by the incoming shadow.

"Joker! Grr, bastard!" Mona yelled, dashing towards Obariyon with his sword at the ready.

Jumping into the air Mona delivers a slash towards Obariyon who easily blocked the attack much to Mona's surprise, with the shadow taunting the not-cat with his annoying giggles before punching him back.

"Hey! Stop giggling like that, you jerk!" Skull yelled, dashing towards the shadow and swinging at it with his bat sending the monster flying back.

"You okay Joker?" Panther asked, as she had Panther heal him up.

"Thanks, but this guy is surprisingly tough," Joker growled, as Mona and Ryuji moved towards them.

"Got any plans, leader?" Mona asked, looking up at Ren who thought about it.

"If I can use my Quirk and Persona at the same time, I may be able to hold him off enough to use a spell that'll weaken his defence" Ren suggested, before looking at the others "You guys prepare some elemental attack and we'll try to find his weakness to do maximum damage".

The others nodded at that before breaking off as Joker towards the shadow while firing his energy bullets at the shadow.

The bullets didn't hurt the shadow but it was forced to block, which gave Joker the chance to summon his Persona.

"Come Andras! Use Rakunda!" Joker called as the Persona materialised behind him before raising his hand causing an aura to cover Obariyon's body,

"Now's our chance! Zorro! Garu!" "Come on out Carman! Use Agi!" Mona and Panther called, as the pair had the persona fire their elemental attack.

However the attacks didn't do much but push the shadow back, which just left Skull who came running.

"ALRIGHT! WRECK HIM! CAPTAIN KIDD! ZIO!" Skull yelled, as the Pirate Persona appeared behind him before firing a bolt of electricity at the Shadow who leapt out of the way.

"What! Stop moving you bastard!" Skull yelled, as he had Captain Kidd fire several more times but Obariyon dodged each one.

"Grr! That's it!" Skull roared, as he dashed towards Oabriyon while charging up his Quirk before throwing a powerful kick at the shadow knocking it back.

The Obariyon got back up before a large shock of electricity shot through his body/

"Awright! New Quirk for the win!" Skull pumped as Joker walked up and patted his shoulder.

"Heh, not bad Skull…alright guys, follow my lead, '' Joker called, as they all dashed towards the Shadow.

"Guys, let's finish the rest off together with an All Out Attack!" "Right!".

All four then rushed in before jumping into the air, attacking the shadow in all directions before dashing past him.

All four of then struck a pose, with Joker fixing his glove, Skull doing a rock out sign, Mona crossing his arms with a grin and Ann doing a cute pose with a peace sign,

Behind them we see energy in the Obariyon burst out before he exploded behind them which was followed by the Shadow returning to normal.

"A-Alright…I'll admit it…what I was doing was…please forgive me" Shadow Nakanohara admitted, getting back up "The man…who I taught everything I knew…who was like father to us all…was just using me and just threw me out on to the streets…and that was just him sparing me…that's what caused my fixation with her".

"An evil teacher? You mean that Madarame guy?" Joker asked, with Shadow Nakanohara nodding.

"Yes…she was the last thing I had that wasn't taken by him! I couldn't lose her too…please forgive me…" Nakanohara begged, as Panther sighed.

"I guess…hearing it from his perspective I can understand, but what you did to her was still crossing too many lines" Panther yelled, still glaring at him.

"Yes, I understand that now…I'll put my love for her to an end…but if it's okay, can I make a request to you guys?" he asked, surprising the thieves.

"A request from a shadow? Didn't see this one coming" Mona blinked, surprised.

"I heard about you guys, you change hearts right? Can you please change Madarame's heart!" he begged them with tears welling up in his eyes "Because of him…so many of my brothers and sisters were taken away from me, never to be seen again…and what's worse is that there's still a young man who's working under him…he shouldn't have what happened to the others happen to him, so please I beg you…change Madarame's heart before it's too late!".

"What do you think we should do Joker…" Skull asked, crossing his arms as Joker sighed.

"We can't make any promises right now…but we'll at least look into Madarame and what he's doing," Joker said, making Nakanohara smile.

"Alright then…I believe in you" Nakanohara smiled, as he slowly dissolved into light leaving a glowing blue orb.

"What's that?" Panther asked, as Mona crossed his arms "It's the bud of a treasure, if we had left it as it was it may have become its own Palace at some point".

Reaching for the treasure, Joker found it had become a pearl necklace…most likely something from his girlfriend.

"So he's had a change of heart now right?" Skull asked, crossing his arms.

"Most likely, we still haven't tested this new method out on the Mementos targets yet" Mona explained, as Panther sighed.

"But how are we meant to know that this actually worked?" Panther wondered, with Joker looking over at her.

"We'll just have to wait for the client to say something on the website I guess, for now let's keep going. This place is a good training spot with all the shadows" Joker suggested, with the others nodding.

"If that's the case, there's somewhere I wanna take you guys that shouldn't be too far away and after that we'll call it a day" Mona suggested, with the others before they walked off continuing their exploration in Mementos.

Chapter Text

Mementos

Third person P.O.V.

After changing Nakanohara's heart the Phantom Thieves had made it to the bottom of this section of Mementos, where they found a station platform with silhouettes of people taking the trains on the different lines, at the end of the station was some kind of door.

Morgana had revealed that he had attempted going through Mementos before but the door to the section of Mementos had never opened up for him until now, most likely due to more people talking about them.

The Phantom Thieves agreed to continue exploring Mementos as not only is it a good place to train and to let Joker acquire more Persona's but also with changing different targets' hearts fairly easily.

However when they made it back to the entrance they were met by someone who they didn't expect.

"Hey who's that?" Panther blinked, as she saw a young boy next to a go-kart with a bunch of stuff inside standing in front of the entrance.

"What the?! A shadow never been up here before…no wait, that's Persona, in Mementos" Mona blinked, as they looked at the boy.

"Hmm this one looks good!" The young boy smiled as he stood in front of a large flower trapped in a bubble.

The young boy was about a head smaller than Mona. He has grey hair in the shape of a half egg shell, yellow eyes, and ears that are very round and unusually undefined in shape. He wears an oversized white-greyish raincoat and boots with stars and moon motifs, black leggings and gloves. Jose also wears his goggles around his neck.

He then held up a container which sucked the bubble inside, becoming a liquid which he soon drank "Oooh! Tasty!".

"What's he drinking?" Skull whispered to Joker who shrugged as they walked up to the boy.

"Oh? I sensed something strange" The boy smiled, turning to the four "You're different from the usual humans I see here, who are you guys".

"We should be asking you! Who are you!" Mona yelled, making the boy blink.

"Ah yes good point, I forgot that it was customary to introduce ourselves to each other, well my name is Jose. Thanks for reminding me Mr. um…Tanuki? No, cat!" he smiled, making Mona pout.

"Why did it take so long to get to 'cat'! And I'm not either of those" Mona yelled, as Joker looked down at him.

"I mean to be fair, you do transform like a Tanuki" Joker noted as the not-cat glared at him.

"You! I-uh…SHUT UP!" Mona shot back before turning around and crossing his arms.

"So uh anyway, what are you doing all the way out of here Jose?" Panther asked, leaning now to the young boy who smiled.

"I'm looking for flowers, pretty lady," Jose said, confusing the thieves.

"Flowers?".

"Yup! I'm collecting as many as I can to help with my human studies!" Jose smiled, motioning to the drink.

"How the heck does drinking flowers help with human studies?" Skull questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"Well alright then Jose, ah right by the way, my names Joker, this is Skull, Panther and Mona" Joker introduced himself as he pointed to the others.

"Nice to meet you all! Hey actually, since you guys can come here could you help me with my research" Jose asked, turning his head.

"How would we do that?" Panther asked, crossing her arms.

"I just need you to collect those flowers for me! You can find them all over Mementos here" Jose explained "And as repayment, I can give you different things I've found here in Mementos".

"Huh, what do you guys think? Sounds like a good deal to me" Skull wondered, looking at the others.

"Yeah but we don't really know this kid, so we'll have to be careful" Mona noted as he looked up at them.

"Oh I'm sure he's fine, we might as well give him a hand, I mean it shouldn't be that hard collecting some flowers and it gives us something else to do" Panther shrugged, as Joker turned to her.

"And what's your real reason?" "He called me 'pretty lady'".

"Noooo…Lady Ann…" Mona pouted while looking down.

"So will you be helping me out or not?" Jose asked, starting to look bored.

"Sorry about that, sure why not as long as the rewards are good" Joker nodded with a smile

"Oh thank you so much everyone! I'll make it worth you're-wait a minute…" Jose blinked as he ran up to Joker.

"Huh? H-Hey what are you doing" Joker asked as Jose shuffled through his coat pockets before pulling out the Will seed.

"I knew it! This was the thing I was sensing!" Jose smiled looking at the will seed.

"Huh?! You know about the Will seed" Mona blinked surprised.

"Yup! I see this from time to time, the shell mixes really well with my drinks!" Jose smiled before cracking it open, shocking the Thieves.

"HEY!" They yelled, before blinking as a card fell out of the seed and floated towards Joker who picked it up.

"A…card?" Joker blinked as he examined the piece of paper which was about the size of a Tarot card.

"Yum! This one is the best so far!" Jose smiled after mixing the drink with seeds shell before turning to thieves while getting into his car

"Thanks! I really needed that! Oh but it was kind of rude just taking it from you" Jose realised making the other sweatdrop.

"Hmm, I know here you guys can have this! I found it earlier" He said, before pulling out a crystal shaped like a star.

"Ah! It's so pretty! I love the star shape!" Panther smiled with stars in her eyes.

"Oh so that's what it's called! I've heard of stars! They can grant your wishes right? Maybe it'll grant your wishes too!" Jose suggested handing the crystal to Joker "Think of it as a sign of our friendship".

"Right, um thanks" Joker nodded as he put the star and card away.

"Welp bye! I'll set up some games for us to play next time we meet" Jose waved as he drove off.

"Well uh, that just happened" Joker said rubbing his head as Skull crossed his arms.

"What in the hell was that, and what did he mean by studying humans?" Skull wondered as Panther turned to him.

"Is he saying that he wasn't human? And what did he mean by other humans?" Panther asked, as Mona turned to her.

"Probably just the shadows, he certainly wasn't a shadow but he did seem kind of familiar" Mona whispered the last part.

Joker meanwhile was thinking about this while closing his eyes 'The kid kind of reminded me of Justine and Caroline…maybe I should ask about it next time we meet'.

"Hey! Joker! Hurry up".

"Huh" Joker blinked before turning around to see the others going up the stairs "Ah! Coming!"

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

Yongen-jaya

Third person P.O.V.

"Hmm! Ah!" Ren stretched as he got off the train and started heading back to Leblanc while flipping through his phone.

"Seems you're pretty exhausted" Mona noted, poking out the bag with Ren nodding.

"Yeah, guess being Mementos tired me a lot more than I thought" Ren admitted, before looking down at the cat "So you can just transform into whatever animal you want huh?".

"Well only into animals the same size or smaller but yeah" Mona admitted "I think i can do better, but I only got my Quirk recently so still haven't figured it all out yet".

"Huh well who knows, maybe you can actually turn into a human in the future" Ren shrugged as they headed back before blinking as he saw Sojiro walking out with some kind of container with curry in it.

"Hmm? Oh so you're finally back" Sojiro blinked looking over at Ren as he crossed his arms.

"Sorry about that, I was hanging out with some friends and lost track of time," Ren explained, as Sojiro sighed.

"That excuse again, I'm going to start not believing you at this point if you don't show me these friends of yours" Sojiro sighed, shaking his head.

"You've never met a teenager have you?" Ren asked with a raised eyebrow making Sojiro chuckle.

"Fair enough, anyway there's still someone in the cafe who wants to talk with you" he explained, making Ren blink.

"Talk with me?" He questioned with a worried expression.

"Yeah, after you're done talking lock up alright…see ya tomorrow" he waved heading back as Ren turned to the direction of Leblanc.

Standing in front of the door, Ren took a deep breath and walked inside only to be surprised at who was there.

"Ah, good to see you again Amamiya-kun" The person said as Ren saw Toshinori sitting on one of the stalls.

"All Might…" Ren blinked eyes widened as he looked at the number 1 hero "Um…w-what are you doing here?".

"Yes, I wanted to talk to you…about what happened on that day" Toshinori asked, as Ren nodded sitting down opposite the hero.

"Let me just…get to the point…I'M SORRY!" Toshinori bowed, surprising Ren.

"When Kamoshida said that to me…that he would reveal my secret, just the thought of how the world would react to their symbol of peace slowly growing weaker…it scared me…and I felt like I had no other option…" He explained, looking down "I-I can't tell you why my powers are growing weaker…but if there's anything I can do…".

"All Might it's fine, this is all Kamoshida's fault not yours, I'm not even mad at you…if anything I'm just disappointed in myself that I let it happen again" Ren muttered, whispering the last part.

"What was that?" Toshinori asked, looking at Ren who shook his head.

"It's nothing, just…forget it" he mumbled, looking away.

Toshinori nodded at that before pulling out a slip of paper and writing something before handing it to Ren.

"What's this?" he asked, looking at the paper to see an email.

"That's my personal email, if you need anything that'll make this right…please don't hesitate to ask" Toshinori explained, getting up before turning to the door "I might come back, the curry and coffee here was superb…good luck with your exams".

"Thanks" Ren smiled, putting the email away as he watched the number one hero leave the cafe.

"Well he seemed sincere, having a favour from the number 1 hero could definitely be useful" Morgana said, jumping out the bag.

"Yeah, but can't really think of anything to use it for," Ren admitted, looking at the email before realising something "Wait a minute... AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

"H-Hey! Whoa!" Morgana yelled, getting knocked back as Ren dashed upstairs to start studying "Jeez, he freaking forgot about his exams, ugh".

A few days later

Third person P.O.V.

"Uuuuugggggghhhh" Ren groaned, leaning on his seat on the drain after spending the next couple of days focusing on his studies.

"Oh! Lady Ann!" Morgana smiled, as Ren looked up to see Ann walking in while yawning.

"Hmm, oh you guys are here" Ann asked, rubbing her eyes "Let me guess, you were busy studying?".

"Nailed it one," Ren yawned, before rubbing his head "Thank god I was reminded or might have been screwed".

"I mean hey, there's always the Photographic memory theory" They heard, looking over to see Ryuji walking in and yawning.

"Let me guess, you were studying for the exams as well?" Morgana asked as the teen blinked.

"Huh? Oh, nah I kinda gave up on that and spent the night catching up on Monster Hunter" he explained, before sweat dropping "Hey don't give me that look".

"Anyway, have you guys found any new big targets?" Ren asked, crossing his arms "All we've done so far is stop those bullies in the school and that crazy cat lady who tried to kidnap Morgana".

"Oh yeah, I still felt kinda bad for her" Ann admitted, before sighing "But not really, I've been checking around but nothing".

"What about that guy Nakanohara? Mada- something or other" Ryuji asked, as Ren sighed.

"Haven't had the chance to look him up" Ren explained before the train stopped "Ah, that's our stop".

The trio then started leaving the train, but as they did Ann looked back to see a tall and skinny blue-haired man also leaving the train.

As they rode the escalator to the exit, Ann looked back again and shuddered "Oh my god, its that guy again"

"Again?" Ren blinked, about to look behind him only for Ann to pull his head forward.

"Don't look!" she whispered, looking at him "Look, ever since we went to Mementos I felt like someones been following me".

"Huh?! A stalker!" Morgana gasped, shuffling around the bag "D-Don't worry Lady Ann! I'll protect you!".

They then heard a yawn before looking over at Ryuji stretching a bit which annoyed Ann "Hey, could you take this seriously!".

"Alright alright jeez, look just follow my lead" Ryuji smirked while Ren and Ann raised their eyebrows.

Back with the blue haired teen he slowly exited the station only to find Ann standing around on her own, so the boy quickly moved towards her and reached out but before he could do anything a hand grabbed his arms.

"Alright buddy that's enough of that" Ryuji said, before raising an eyebrow as he examined the boy "...Are you sure this guy's a stalker or are you just that self conscious?"

The boy had dark blue hair with parted bangs slightly covering his left eye and grey eyes. Being noticeably taller and skinnier than the other boys. His uniform consists of a white gakuran-style shirt embroidered with a fleur-de-lis, fitted black pants and black loafers. A silver ring that holds multiple keys is attached to his belt loop. His summer-variant uniform replaces the white dress shirt with an ultramarine coloured button-down, which Yusuke wears with the sleeves rolled-up to his elbows. He also had a physical Quirk that gave him animal-like features like canine-like ears replacing his normal ears and a fluffy tail coming from his back.

"I mean he did look like he was reaching out for her" Ren noted as the boy stepped back.

"Is there something you want from me?" he asked, as Ann growled and stepped up to him.

"Wh- That's my line!" Ann shouts, walking. "You've been following us since the station! And I know that's not a Shujin uniform, so don't play dumb, you stalker!"

"STALKER?! How outrageous! I was simply going to request something from you" he stated, as Ren crossed his arm.

"Alright that's fair I guess, you gotta admit a stranger reaching out for a girl from a school who's teacher was recently arrested for sexual assault is pretty suspicious" Ren explained, making the boy look down.

"A-Ah…yes, I suppose I could have gone about this more carefully" he admitted, looking down.

"So if you weren't stalking me, then why were you reaching out for me like that" Ann asked, looking annoyed as the man turned to her.

"Well you see, I wanted to ask if you could-" Before the boy could say anything they heard a car's horn before looking over to see a large black limousine stop next to them.

"My goodness. I had wondered why you'd left the car. So, this is where your passion led you! All's well that ends well, I suppose!" As he laughs away, the rest of the teens just stand there, even more confused than before.

"Okay seriously, what's going on here" Ren asked, as the boy turned to them.

"I saw you from the car." The boy explains, reaching for his chest dramatically as his tail waved excitedly. "And I just couldn't stop myself from chasing after you!"

"That still seems pretty stalkery bro" Ryuji sweatdropped, crossing his arms "Why did you chase after Ann anyway?"

"It's simple! You're the woman I've been searching for all this time! Your shining vitality! Your gleaming beauty! Will you leave them in my hands! Please, won't you-" he said, before swiftly turning towards Ann.

"W-Wait a minute! I-I!" "Become the model for my next art piece"

"HAH" The three questioned, staring at the young man blankly "To…model?".

"I've yet to make a work that I'm well completely satisfied with but I believe there is a passion for you! A gleaming passion that others lack!" he declared, posing dramatically "So please! Model for me!".

"NO WAY! HE'S TOO SUSPICIOUS! SAY NO LADY ANN! SAY NO!" Morgana screamed from Ren's bag.

"Hey! Will you stay quiet!" Ren whispered, trying to calm down the not-cat.

"So what do you say! Will you cooperate with me!" he asked, excitedly moving up to Ann.

"U-Um…well…I don't know…" she muttered nervously, something which Ryuji noticed.

"Whoa man! Hold your horses, this is way too suspicious! I mean she doesn't even know you" Ryuji said, moving in front of Ann, making the boy blink.

"Ah yes of course, where are my manners?" he said, stepping back "I'm a second year at Kosei High's fine arts division, my name is Yusuke Kitagawa".

"I'm also the pupil of the esteemed Madarame right here, I'm currently taking residence in his home" he explained, motioning towards the older man.

"Wait, that's Madarame" Ren blinked, surprised as Yusuke turned to him.

"You've heard of him? I'm surprised you know about the fine arts" Yusuke admitted, making Ren rub his head.

"Ah uh not really, but I met one of his students who went to a cafe I'm working at who mentioned him, '' Ren explained, before noticing Madarame's expression shift for a moment.

"Wait Madarame…do you mean that Madarame! Ishiryusai Madarame! The one who showed up on good morning japan!" Ann gasped, surprised.

"You heard of him before?" Ryuji asked, with Ann nodding.

"Yeah! He was celebrated for being a master in so many styles of art! He's been recognised all around the world!" Ann explained, before hearing some laughter.

"Fufu, I wouldn't say I'm that famous" Madarame admitted, before turning to his student "Yusuke, don't forget about our business".

"Ah! Yes of course master" Yusuke noted, before turning to the teens. "Sensei's exhibit opens up this weekend. I will be there on opening day, so I hope you will be able to give me your answers then."

"I doubt the rest of you have much interest in the fine arts, but you may take this last ticket regardless." He said, looking over at Ren and Ryuji before handing the tickets to Ann, and hurried off to the car. Soon, the Shujin group is left alone once again.

"Well that just happened" Ryuji said before looking over at Ann "You're not thinking of going, are you Ann?".

"Hmm, I think I will, I mean why waste the tickets" Ann shrugged, putting the tickets away.

"There's also the fact he has the same name that was mentioned in Mementos, though it could be just someone with the same name" Morgana mentioned as Ren pulled out his phone.

"Only one way to find out, Ichiryusai Madarame! Mementos!" Ren said to his phone after activating the Metanav.

Candidate Found.

Location not found. Please try again.

"So that settles it, he's the one Nakanohara was talking about" Ryuji smirked, crossing his arms.

"But he seemed so nice just now and on tv" Ann said, before looking down "Then again so did Kamoshida for everyone else".

"We'll just have to see when we get to the exhibit after the exams" Ren said, crossing his arms "What day are the tickets for anyway".

"Hmm oh, the 15th of may" Ann answered, making Ryuji sigh.

"Crap! I can't go with you guys" Ryuji groaned, looking down "I've got a check up to go to about my leg".

"Looks like it'll just be us three then" Mona smirked, as Ren crossed his arms.

"What are you going to do with the extra ticket?" Ren asked, looking over at Ann who smirked.

"Oh~~~~ I think I might have an idea" she grinned before realising something "Oh crap, we gotta move or we're going to be late!".

The three then dashed ahead in order to start their exams.

A few days later

Friday the 13th

Third person P.O.V.

And with that the week of exams began for the Phantom Thieves, with some of them doing better than others.

Ren even found himself remembering the things he studied easier than he normally would, as he began answering the questions with the help of Morgana.

However after managing to survive through the ordeal of exams, they still had one more thing to do.

The school had called for an assembly which had annoyed the students for having to be there after finally finishing their exams.

The announcement pretty much wound up to the fact that the school had acquired a school Therapist to start working for the school, one Takuto Maruki who had pretty much stumbled through his introduction, with the microphone cutting off while speaking and he even bumped his head off the microphone when bowing.

After which the Phantom Thieves hung out in the courtyard with Ryuji snickering "Man, never thought this school would give a shit about our mental health".

"Well this place has made national news, probably just thought they'd look even worse if they didn't do something after the huge scandal" Ren figured as he sipped some juice.

"And then there was that Doctor, he was basically clowning it up there,…uh…what was his name again" Ryuji asked, as Ann looked at him.

"His name was Maruki, Takuto Maruki" Ann answered, back as Ryuji nodded.

"Yeah him, do you really think a guy like that would do us any good-" "Well hello there".

Ryuji paled a bit as they all looked over at the aforementioned Maruki walking up to them.

Maruki is a tall, bespectacled man with brown, short unkempt hair and a small stubble underneath his chin. He wears a blue dress shirt tucked into his upturned khaki slacks with a chequered dark blue tie. He wears a white lab coat over the top. On his feet he wears open-toed sandals without socks. In his suit's chest pocket, he has a yellow pen and a staff ID that's further tied around his neck with a red strap.

"Glad I caught up to you guys. You're Sakamoto-kun, Takamaki-chan and Amamiya-kun, right?" he smiled, looking at the three.

"What of it? And how do you know our names?" Ryuji questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"Ah, well. I was informed of certain students when I first began my tenure here, those of you who had… previous interactions with Kamoshida…" He admitted awkwardly before turning to Ren "Must have been especially difficult for you after having just transferred".

"Bah I was just set to fail several times, punched in the face, framed as a rapist and had my only hope in stopping him blackmailed into not doing anything" Ren counted down before shrugging "You know, no biggie".

"W-Well, you're certainly a tough youngster, just don't over do it okay" Maurki sweatdropped before shaking his head "I just came to see if any of you would happen to be interested in council-" "We're good".

"Huh?!" Maruki blinked at the simultaneous denial.

"Why is that surprising?" Ryuji asked, crossing his arms.

"S-Sorry, just didn't expect such quick answers' ' He explained while rubbing his head "Oh but if you come there'll be all you can eat snacks…is what I'd like to say but there's still plenty to be had!".

"Oh boy mistah! Free snacks" Ren cheered in a joking tone that made Ann snicker.

"H-Hey don't talk like that" Ann said, trying not to laugh "But why are you so focused on getting us into counselling."

"Well to be frank, I've been explicitly ordered to provide counselling to students who were directly involved with Kamoshida, it's in the school interest…for the students" Maruki explained, as Ren crossed his arms.

"Ah yeah, there's the old Shujin Bullshitery" Ren stated while waving his arm.

"Look i get it, opening yourself to a complete stranger like me is asking a lot and making this mandatory wouldn't do you any good either, so might as well make it a worthwhile experience" Maruki admitted, before getting an idea.

"Oh! Actually, if that isn't enough, I could maybe help you in other ways? I know some techniques to improve mental acuity." Maruki suggested, which confused the teens.

"Oh you don't know what it means, like well ways to keep focused while studying, or during exams or, uh… not getting nervous on dates! I bet it might even help you in your hero class Amamiya-kun" he suggested which caught Ren's attention.

'Mental Training huh…that could certainly help with Phantom Thief work…' Ren admitted, crossing his arms.

"And of course, there's snacks on the table," Maruki added, causing Ryuji to groan.

"Alright we get it, there are snacks geez" Ryuji sighed, rubbing his head before looking over at Ren "What do you think?".

"Well as long as it doesn't take too long I guess I'll go" Ren sighed, crossing his arms.

"Yeah, I guess it wouldn't hurt to go once or twice," Ann agreed, crossing her arms.

"For real? Ugh fine, if it'll get you off our case then…sure. I'll find time at some point. Whatever." Ryuji sighed, stomping his feet.

"Really! Excellent, we can even start now if you so wish" Maruki suggested, as Ren rubbed his head.

"Might as well" Ren shrugged before looking back at the others "I'll meet you guys later".

Nurses office

Third person P.O.V.

While sitting in the nurse's office Ren and Maruki had a long chat where Ren had told him what he had been through over the last few months, including the arrest, being forced to move to Tokyo and the incidents he had with Mr Kamoshida

"I see…Mm, thank you for telling me all of this I think I've got a good grasp of the situation that you're in Amamiya-kun" Maruki nodded before looking down "Well to be honest I was given a brief rundown about the circumstances around you transferring here".

"Yeah well…I'm certainly doing better now then I was at the start of the year" Ren sighed leaning back on the couch.

"So you're saying you weren't before I took it…hmm, if I may ask what do you mean by that?" Maruki asked only for Ren to fall silent "Ah, it's alright for you not to say anything if you feel uncomfortable".

"Not it's fine… I guess…I kind of gave up on myself…" Ren admitted, leaning back "I thought my dream was pretty much done with and nobody wanted to even care about me…not my classmates here and back home…not my old teacher…not my father…I guess I just thought someone like me had no place in this society…".

"True…in this hero society…people in your position would certainly find it difficult to be accepted" Maruki nodded with a frown.

"Yeah…I didn't even care anymore about what happened to me…nothing would have changed even if I could do something…" Ren sighed, closing his eyes.

"I understand what you mean, there's nothing wrong with feeling like you can't do anything and wanting to run away from it all…" Maruki stated but Ren shook his head.

"But there is…there's a saying my family has…Life won't change if you don't do it yourself, it means you shouldn't run from something even if it feels impossible otherwise nothing will be able to change" Ren explained before slowly smiling "A good friend I met allowed me to remember that..and that even after everything…I was still a good person".

As this was happening, within the Thieves Den we see Shadow Sumire watching this conversation going down from the large screen.

"Wow…did you really feel that way Arsene?" Shadow Sumire asked, as she looked over at the Persona.

"Indeed…my other self was even okay with letting that perverted king kill him off, believing that nobody would care if he was gone," Arsene explained before smiling.

"But a certain someone managed to remind him that even after everything he was still a good person, which allowed myself to awaken" he smirked, looking down at Shadow Sumire who nodded.

"I wonder who that was…" she murmured, contemplating what he said as she looked back at the screen specifically.

"And him…there's something about him that's…familiar, '' Shadow Sumire whispered, looking at this.

"I will admit, you are way more mentally sound than I expected." Maruki chuckled, as we move back to the nurses office "Most people wouldn't last long in a reality like yours without breaking down even a little bit, but it seem after that realisation you've had you managed to stay strong"

"I guess? I'm just mostly being myself" Ren admitted, rubbing his head.

"What I'm saying is that you've largely been able to reconcile your internal world with your external world which is really, truly impressive…not a lot of people, even adults, are able to do something like that," Maruki admitted, making Ren raise an eyebrow.

"How to put it… you know how everyone has an internal reality? Some conception of themselves they're striving for? Like... wanting to be a model student, or wanting to be loved and relied on or wanting to become one of the top heroes... that sort of thing." He explained before lowering his head.

"But the idealised world and the one in actuality are often far apart. That gap is responsible for a lot of people's pain. Not everyone can ace their exams and not everyone can be the hero they want to be like yourself." Maruki was then surprised at what Ren said next.

"I guess but there's nothing really wrong with that, if you can't be the hero you wanted to be anymore then be the hero you can be or a brand new kind of hero that only you can be" Ren smirked as Maruki looked at him.

"So instead of running away from your dream…you recontextualized your dream into something that is achievable to you" Maruki sumired before chuckling "You truly are a unique individual, having gone through so much but still able to get back up and continue moving on through your painful reality, though I guess it's weird getting all this praise from someone you just met".

"Yup" Ren bluntly said, making Maruki chuckle again before looking down and going silent.

"... I've actually got one last request. Do you mind?" Maruki asked, with Ren nodding making the therapist smile.

"Thanks. I'm actually doing certain research along with my duties as a counsellor. It's not really counselling, more like a psychological treatment. Basically, it's a project to learn more about people's metaphorical hearts. What they think, how they feel."

This caused Ren's eyebrow to twitch when he said that as he looked over at the doc with a serious look as he continued on "I know if I can complete this research of mine, I'll be able to help a lot of people…far more than any hero could…".

"And um, what does this have to do with me?" Ren asked, crossing his arms as Maruki

"Oh, sorry! Uh, I guess my point is... I'd like to ask you to help with my research! All you'd have to do is listen to my theories, and tell me if they spark any ideas or recollections on your part." he then clasped his hands together and closed his eyes

"Please! Any time is good for me! I can work around your schedule. And, uh... I've got a lot of snacks, too!" he pointed out with an excited grin.

"Alright! Alright! Geez I'll do it" Ren sweatdropped, making Maruki smile.

"Really?! YES! You're a lifesaver! Let's see... I know! Maybe I could teach you some tips for mental training?" Maruki suggested looking at Ren "I know a lot about the subject. I'm sure I can cook up a special regimen for you. If you're dedicated enough, I'm sure you could reach your full potential!"

"Right…well, what do you got?" Ren asked, as Maruki thought about it before snapping his fingers.

"I know, have you ever heard of a Visualisation Exercise?" Maruki asked, but Ren shook his head.

"It's a form of exercise that heroes do when training where they try to visualise a battle they are currently fighting in, why not give it a try and who knows it may even help you during the licensing exam" Maruki suggested as Ren slowly nodded.

"Sure thing, I guess," he said, before slowly closing his eyes and entering his mind.

"Huh? Whoa!" Ren blinked, dodging a blast of fire as he now found himself in a black void in a Phantom Thief attire.

"Well this is a lot more vivid than I expected" he blinked, before looking up and striking a fighting position.

Standing in front of him were four shadows, a Jack Frost, a Jack O'lantern, a kelpie and one he didn't recognise that looked like an old man holding a leaf.

"Huh well alright then, let's see how I do!" Joker smirked as he dashed towards the four shadows.

"JACK FROST! BUFU!" he yelled, ripping off his mask and having the Persona fire and ice blast that froze the Jack O'lantern in place.

Joker then jumped up and kicked the block of ice, shattering it into pieces before quickly dodging out of the way from a wind attack from the Kelpie.

"Mandrake! Zio!" he yelled, summoning one of the new Persona's he got from Mementos which fired a bolt of electricity which Joker swiftly finished with a shot from his gun.

"Alright who's-guh" Joker cringed, as he felt an aura surrounding his body before he turned to the old moon with a smug look.

"Okay, you're next- huh? Gah!" Joker yelled as he was pushed back by the Jack Frost ice attack.

"Alright then two on one huh? Let's see how well that goes" he smirked, before jumping into the air dodging Jack Frost's next attack.

"Jack O'lantern! Dazzler!" he yelled, summoning his Persona who shot a beam of light at the old man Shadow causing him to go dizzy.

This caused the Shadow to accidentally hit Jack Frost with his Sukunda attack which gave the Jack O'lantern the chance to finish it off with a fire attack killing it.

The Oldman shadow blinked looking around before Joker landed in front of him and aimed a gun.

"Checkmate" he smirked, before firing at the shadow killing it.

"Alright, how about another round" he smirked, looking over as several Shadows appeared which he quickly dashed towards.

Meanwhile back in reality we see Maruki staring at Ren as he meditated, before slowly removing his glasses.

"I'm sorry Amamiy-kun…but I have to make sure" Maruki apologised before his eyes flashed light blue.

For a split second, light blue streaks reached for Ren only to be slapped back with some force.

"Gah!" Maruki cried, reaching for his head making Ren blink as he opened his eyes.

"Huh? Ah! You okay doc" He blinked, looking over at Maruki as he rubbed his head.

"I-It's fine, just got a bit of a migraine out of nowhere…perhaps we should continue another time" Maruki suggested, with Ren nodding.

The two traded contact information before Ren got up and said goodbye and turned to the door, only to be surprised at who was there when he opened it.

"Oh! Senpai, sorry was I interrupting" Yoshizawa smiled, turning her head.

"Hey Sumi, nah it's alright I was just finishing up but I didn't think you'd be heading here for counselling" Ren asked, crossing his arms but Yoshizawa shook her head.

"Not exactly, I just wanted to confirm something" she explained, before looking past Ren and smiling "I knew it!".

"Hmm, oh it's good to see you again Yoshizawa-san" Maruki smiled, while rubbing his head.

"You two know each other?" Ren blinked, looking between the two.

"Yup, we had a talk a few months ago after some stuff happened to me" Yoshizawa explained before turning to Maruki "Thank you again for that, it really helped a lot".

"No problem it is my job, and now we can make it an official counselling thing" Maruki smiled, before once again feeling a twinge of pain from his head "Uh for now I should take an Aspirin or something".

"Ah yes of course, would you like to join me for lunch Senpai?" Yoshizawa asked, as Ren nodded.

"Sure thing, no problem" Ren grinned, as the two walked off.

After they left however we see Maruki staring himself in the mirror while sipping some of the aspirin he made.

"He really was immune to my Quirk…which means that what I saw and heard was true…they can really change someones own mind, this could prove Cognitive Pscience and my research…I'll need to have more conversations to make sure of it" Maruki nodded with a serious look on his face as he looked himself in the mirror.

"I'm going to help a lot of people, just like we wanted…Rumi".

Chapter Text

Seito University Hospital

Third person P.O.V.

"Ah jeez, I hate waiting here" Ryuji groaned as he sat in the waiting room of the hospital to start his appointment. "The others get to do cool Phantom Thief spy stuff while I'm stuck here with nothing to do." He grumbled, tapping his foot. Ryuji took out his phone, letting him see that Ann had accidentally messaged in the group chat.

Group chat: We got nothing for a name

Ann: Hey Ren, you almost here? I've been waiting for a bit

Ren: Yeah just got off the train now, running over as fast as I can, also you accidentally out this in the group chat

Ann: Ah crap! Sorry Ryuji

Ryuji: It's cool I'm just in the waiting room but you two are lucky, hate having to wait in this hospital

Ann: Which hospital are you btw

Ryuji: Seito University Hospital, why do you ask?

Ann: Oh! That's the one Shiho is staying

Ren: Wait seriously? Weird coincidence.

Ryuji: Oh shit seriously, cool I might go and visit her.

Ann: Tell her I say hi!

Ren: Doesn't he need the room number?

Ann: Oh crap right, um I think it was on the second floor and room 25.

Humming, Ryuji got up and got permission from one of the nearby nurses to go and visit his classmate.

"Kinda surprised Shiho's already in a shared room." Ryuji said to himself as he headed towards the girls room. "Then again, Ren did say All Might felt guilty about it, maybe he got one of his hero friends to help her out." Ryuji guessed, before realising, "I probably shouldn't be talking to myself, huh?… Dang, I wish I could talk to my Persona again." Ryuji sighed as he reached for the door.

Reaching for the door, Ryuji took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

"Yo Suzui, surprise-oh." Ryuji blinked, seeing that the room was empty, except for a girl looking out the window before turning to him.

The girl looked to be a year younger than him, with long brown hair that looked to be unshelved brown hair, and she had brown baggy eyes and a beauty mark under her right eye. She was wearing a hospital gown and had bandages around her arms with her legs being covered by the blanket.

"Oh uh sorry, am I in the wrong room?" Ryuji asked.

"You're looking for Suzui right? Yeah, this is her room, she's just having a meeting with the doctor right now" The girl explained.

Ryuji sighed. "Ah right that makes sense. Guess I'll just have to go back and wait for my appointment, these things are the worst."

"Oh my gosh, I know, right?!" He heard, before looking over at the girl giggling.

"It always takes freaking forever and they barely tell you anything!" The girl said, making Ryuji smirk.

"I know! Last time they said to wait two months for my next appointment after waiting like 3 hours! Now I have to wait another 3 just to be told my legs are just a little bit better!" Ryuji vented, sitting down on the chair as the girl laughed some more.

"You know Suzui is gonna be back soon enough if you wanna hang out here and keep chatting." The girl suggested.

"For real? Sure, why not?" Ryuji grinned, sitting down as they began chatting away.

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

Art Exhibit

Third person P.O.V.

"Huh? There you are" Ann said, as she turned her attention towards Ren running up to her.

"Sorry I'm late, kinda overslept" Ren apologised as Morgana popped out.

"See this is why you should follow my carefully detailed sleep schedule" Morgana chastised, looking at him.

"And get the late fees with the DVDs we rented? No thank you" Ren shot back.

"Will you two keep it down, we don't want attention! And you, if you have to come along stay in the bag" Ann demanded, glaring at the two.

"Y-Yes ma'am!" Morgana agreed, quickly hiding back in the bag.

"Sooooo, who did you end up using the extra ticket for? Are we still waiting for them" Ren asked with a raised eyebrow as Ann smiled.

"Oh she came, she's just…hanging around" Ann explained, looking past Ren making him raise an eyebrow.

He then proceeded to look behind him to see Yoshizawa who was currently in a sneaking position with an awkward look on her face.

"H-Hello S-Senpai, f-fancy meeting you here" She sweatdropped, while trying to laugh innocently.

"Sumi? What are you-" Ren questioned, before realising what was going on and looking back at Ann who was innocently whistling.

"Yeah, Takamaki-senpai invited me to this since your other friend couldn't make it," Yoshizawa explained, with a smile.

"Guess that makes sense, certainly better then bringing someone scared of me just wish I was told" Ren said, giving a side eye to Ann who smirked.

"Oh come on, it was the perfect chance to scare ya!" Ann smiled, before spinning around "Anyway! Let's go before this thing ends".

With a nod the three of them made their way into the exhibit which looked to be filled with people including art critics, news reporters and devoted fans of Madarame.

"Aha! You made it! Excellent!" They heard, before looking over to see Yusuke walking up to them.

"Oh…surprising, didn't expect you to come?" Yusuke noted, looking over at Ren as he rubbed his head.

"I mean would you have rathered we sold the extra tickets," Ren asked, crossing his arms.

"Just make sure you don't get in the way of the other-" Yusuke warned before his eyes widened when he saw Yoshizawa "And who is this?".

"Oh I'm their Kouhai from school, Takamaki-senpai invited me since Sakamoto-senpai had an appointment" She explained, before blinking in surprise at Yusuke's intense gaze

"AH! Such a beauty! A simple form that holds a true graceful energy! As if I am witnessing a ruby in human form!" Yusuke praised, as he framed Yoshizawa with his fingers.

"Um…I…um" Yoshizawa stuttered, looking very anxious but Ren moved in front of her.

"Don't you think you should be focusing on your current muse?" Ren asked, as Yusuke stepped back.

"Ah yes! Of course, please follow me and we can talk about the modelling job as we walk around" Yusuke suggested, turning to Ann who looked back at the others.

"Well um, catch you guys later I guess" Ann waved, as the two walked off.

"Oh geez! She's gonna be okay right! He's not gonna take her anywhere funny right?" Mona asked, sounding really anxious but Ren elbowed his bag to keep him quiet.

"Are you doing okay, Sumi?" Ren asked, turning to Yoshizawa who took a few breaths.

"Y-Yeah, sorry just didn't expect to be suddenly flirted with out of nowhere" she apologised, as Ren rubbed his head.

"Don't mind him, from what I've seen I think he was just going to ask you to model for him or something" Ren guessed, leaning on the wall "He did basically the same thing with Ann".

"Seriously" Yoshizawa blinked, making Ren laugh a bit.

"Yeah, he basically has no filter" Ren admitted, before shaking his head "Anyway shall we go?".

"Hehe, sure thing Senpai" Yoshizawa smiled, as the two walked into the exhibit.

The exhibit was actually surprisingly impressive, with even Ren being surprised at the sheer variety of different styles and types of art around the exhibit.

This included things like landscapes, self portraits, painting of different items and even portraits of different heroes.

"Huh, you know I heard he had a variety of different styles but I didn't expect them to be this good," Yoshizawa admitted while looking around.

"Yeah, I honestly thought this would be more like those really fancy places where art is literally just a splash of paint," Ren agreed, crossing his arms as they walked around.

"What kind of artwork do you like, Senpai? Or are you not into this stuff" Yoshizawa asked, leaning over at him as Ren scratched his cheek.

"I won't lie and say I haven't been interested but it's mostly weird stuff like trash statues or something" Ren explained, looking over at his Kouhai ``What about you?".

"Never really thought about it…ooh but I guess Landscapes?" Yoshizawa guessed, before spotting one "Ah! Speak of the devil''.

Examining the painting Ren had to admit it did look impressive, looking to be a landscape painting of a coast side in Okinawa.

"Huh, you're right this is good I guess you got an eye for this stuff" Ren admitted, making Yoshizawa laugh awkwardly.

"Honestly I was just trying to pick one at random" Yoshizawa sweatdropped, while poking her fingers.

Ren squinted his eyes as he saw a tiny black silhouette that looked to be the shape of a person, but it was so small you could barely see it 'Weird, why would Madarame put something like this on there…? He could have just removed it…'.

"Ah! I see you have an eye for one of Madarame sensei's landscape painting" They heard.

Looking over, the two friends saw a relatively tall and muscular young man with a wide frame. He has short dark blue hair, flattened neatly down and parted on the right side of his head, a small patch completely shaved near the base of his head, and rather square eyes which match the notably pointed shape of his jaw. He also has a serious expression on his face with even his eyebrows seem permanently pointed inwards, quite thin and long, the far ends sharply hooked inwards, and he wears glasses with rectangular lenses. Looking downward you can see that because of his Quirk he possesses calves that are incredibly thick, and shaped like automobile engines, with six silver exhaust pipes protruding from each leg in columns of three.

"Ah um yes, we thought it looked really nice, '' Yoshizawa nodded, with a sweatdrop.

"Oh right, sorry about suddenly walking up to you. I just don't usually see people my age at places like this, "he explained, with Ren and Yoshizawa nodding.

"No prob, we're just here cause my friend is being scouted by the artist's student and he gave us extra tickets" Ren explained, crossing his arms "What about you? You don't exactly look like you'd be the type of person that would be here".

"Ah, well you see-" "Tenya!".

The three blinked before looking over at a girl who looked about 5 years older than them.

They had messy blue hair with a blue hat over her head and grey eyes/ wearing a blue shirt with black suspenders and a yellow tie along with a pair of black trousers and black shoes. On her back was a pair of thrusters similar to the ones on her companions' calves.

"I understand you're excited but could you not run off like that, it's hard enough moving around here as is" The woman sighed, making the boy blink.

"Ah! My deepest apologies Nee-san" he apologised, with a quick bow "I just had to see Madarame-sensei's new work and got distracted talking to these two".

"Huh?! You're Shirogane Naoto!" Yoshizawa gasped, making Ren raise an eyebrow.

"You've heard of me?" Naoto blinked, looking at the girl "Now that you mention it, you do look kind of familiar".

"Ah, you did an interview on my dad's tv station, Good Morning Japan" Yoshizawa explained, making the girl blink.

"Oooh, with Akechi-kun that's right!" Naoto blinked, before smiling "I had almost forgotten about that, how is your father".

As the two were talking, Ren moved up to Tenya with a confused look "So is your sister famous or something".

"She's my cousin actually and yes! She's a well known detective that helped solve several difficult cases including a murder spree out in the countryside, she's even referred to as the Detective Prince" Tenya explained, with a look of pride.

"Huh…so what's a Detective Prince doing here?" Ren asked, with a raised eyebrow and crossing his arms.

Noticing his questions, Naoto looked over at the teen and was about to say something but then paused.

"Uh, something up?" Ren asked, but Naoto shook her head.

"Nothing, you just looked somewhat familiar is all" she denied while shaking her head "Im working on a case involving the disappearance of several of Madarame-sensei's students, so I asked my cousin here to help me out".

"Eh?! Disappeared" Yoshizawa gasped, as Ren thought clasped his mouth.

'Is this a part of what that Nakanohara guy was talking about' Ren thought, looking aside.

They then began hearing some commotion going on, making the four blink before they moved over to take a look.

They were shocked to see the Madarame they were just talking about utilising his Quirk to walk out of the painting like it was water.

"Impressive as always Madarame-sensei, with your Quirk you have a connection to art that no one else can possibly have" An interviewer smiled, but Madarame shook his head.

"Now, don't give me too much credit. All I've wanted to do is re-experience the many different places I have seen throughout my years utilising my Quirk, if anything I'm quite selfish" Madarame smiled.

"But you have such expansive styles! It's hard to believe they all come from one person" The reporter said "Where in the world does all your inspiration come from".

"Well…it is rather difficult to put into words…I would have to say that they naturally welled up from within my heart, like bubbles rising one after another in a hot spring" Madarame explained "What's important is to distance yourself from worldly desires such as money and fame".

"Even my atelier is a modest shack, but it is more than enough to pursue true beauty" he finished off, making Ren raise an eyebrow.

'A shack huh…' Ren thought, as Morgana whispered to him.

"It's hard to believe someone like him has a Palace…" Morgana whispered, with Ren nodding "Yeah, you could say that again".

"I see…so the act of emptying one's mind gives rise to inner beauty! Such an excellent answer from such a prestigious man like Madarame" Tenya smiled, with a prideful look.

"Right, I never expected such a nice old man," Yoshizawa smiled, as Naoto crossed her arms.

"Still odd that there is so much controversy coming from him…" Naoto mused, before suddenly loads of people came rushing in.

"Oh my gosh! It's really him!" "It's Madarame!" "Please! Answer our questions!" "Take me under your tutelage!" "Draw a painting for me!".

"WOAH! HEY! HEY!" Ren yelled, as they began getting swarmed by the large group of people.

While Ren was having his trouble, Ann seemed to be enjoying her time here as she and Yusuke walked around the museum at the different artworks of the great artist Madarame, until finally she spotted one in the distance.

"Wait, I know this one!" Ann squealed as she pointed to a specific painting. "I'm not that good at interpreting the meaning of art pieces, but I'm guessing Madarame must've been really mad when he made this one."

When Ann said this, a frown formed on Yusukes face as she stared at a spot on the paint before he tried to walk away from Ann, but stayed out where she was.

"Where are you going?" Ann questioned, looking back at him.

"I never liked that one…" Yusuke said with a monotone voice "Come, I can show you a much better one".

"But it's so good though…" Ann muttered, before feeling her phone vibrate and checking her phone.

Ren:  Crowd got crazy and we got pushed out, gonna walk Yoshizawa to the train station. Let's meet up at the Diner in Shibuya and discuss what we do next.

Ryuji: Cool, I'm just about done here too so I can meet up with you guys

Ann frowned at Ren leaving without her but shook her head and turned back over to Yusuke 'Not exactly his fault for getting pushed out, guess I should at least go and see if I can get any information'.

"So Yusuke, just curious but how does Madarame get to be the master in so many different styles" Ann asked, as the artist simply smiled.

"Why it's quite simple, Madarame is special. Why else would he be a master in so many different styles" Yusuke smiled.

'That vagueness isn't setting off any red flags' Ann thought, before shaking her head "That's quite impressive, I'm sure Madarame must have a ton of students learning from him".

"Ah! Yes…well um…" Yusuke muttered, looking down a bit.

"Hey are you okay?" Ann asked, with a worried look on her face.

"Oh yes, I'm quite alright but I believe I should go help my master now, he does seem to be getting quite swamped but please if you have decided to take me up on my offer then come to our home, here is the address" he said, before writing it down a piece of paper.

"Oh um, alright thanks" Ann murmured, taking the paper and watching the boy walk off with a look of worry.

Diner
Third person P.O.V.

"I'm telling ya dude, this girl is freaking great" Ryuji grinned, as he and Ren sat in the diner waiting for Ann while eating some fries they had ordered.

"She's funny, she knows about all kinds of sports and stuff, she was freaking awesome" Ryuji grinned, as Ren smirked while leaning back.

"So you're saying you like her?" Ren asked, as Ryuji put it into his chip while shaking his head.

"Nah man, she's way out of my league but it's just nice you know, not having someone treating me like the bad guy 24/7 you know" Ryuji shrugged, making Ren nod.

"Well still, no one could hold a candle to Lady Ann" Morgana smirked, making the other two sweat drop.

"Sorry I'm late, you were right the place was packed" They heard, looking over to see Ann walking in before sitting next to Ryuji.

"Welcome back, now let's get started" Ren smiled, as the others nodded "Let's start with what we learned".

"The two of us found out that there's an investigation going on around Madarame, something about a lot of his students disappearing, as well as what his Quirk is, which is going into paintings' ' Morgana explained, as Ann crossed her arms.

"That actually lines up with what I found out, when I asked Yusuke about any of the other students he started acting weird and tried avoiding the question," Ann explained, as Ryuji crossed his arms.

"So what? You think he's using his Quirk to trap people in paintings" Ryuji questioned, but Ren shook his head.

"Nah, I looked up about his Quirk on the internet, apparently only he can enter and leave the paintings…" Ren sighed, shaking his head "Anything else?".

"Let's see, oh! I got their address from Yusuke as well in case I'm ever gonna take his offer" Ann remembered, as she pulled out the address.

"Oh yeah, Madarame mentioned that, and said it was like some kind of shack," Morgana noted, causing Ryuji to blink.

"A shack?...Oh! That's right" Ryuji grinned, snapping his fingers before pulling out his phone.

"What's up?" Ren asked, as Ryuji scrolled through his phone.

"I remember seeing a post on the Phansite mentioning something about a shack, so I thought maybe it has something to do with it…here it is!" he grinned, before looking over it.

"Come on, what's it say?" Ann asked, getting excited with Ryuji nodding.

"A Master of the Japanese Arts is plagiarising his pupils' works. Only his public face is being seen on Tv- ""Plagiarising!".

"Yeah, I found it weird they'd use the word Shack but now that I know about how Madarame lives it all makes sense, check this out" Ryuji nodded, as he continued reading.

"His treatment of the pupils who live with him is awful. He teaches nothing and just bosses them around, treating them in humanly as if discipling a dog and what's worse anyone who tries reporting the problem or get back at him have disappeared in one way or another"

"An disappearance huh, this is too many times we've heard that just to be a coincidence, and Abuse on top of Plagiarism, hm…" Morgana hummed, as Ryuji grinned.

"If this is real then it'll be a huge scandal!" Ryuji grinned, excitedly.

"Not only that but maybe we can find out what happened to the students and save them, we'd be like real heroes" Ren nodded, happily.

"I wonder if Kitagawa-kun was the one who posted this, I mean he is a pupil of Madarame as well" Ann wondered, while Ryuji shrugged.

"Who knows, it's anonymous and all" Ryuji shrugged, as Morgana smirked.

"Then that must mean, the Madarame we heard in Mementos is possibly the same guy" Morgana mused, as Ann sighed.

"But a nice old man like that is doing something like this…" Ann frowned, crossing her arms "I wonder if we could ask that shadow from earlier about this".

"Doubt it, they went back to their original body and I doubt we could just walk up to the real version and be like 'hey, we met your repressed thoughts mind telling us more about Madarame''' Ren jokes.

"And there's also the possibility that Madarame would find out and make us disappear in a similar way," Morgana pointed out, which made Ann frown.

"Oh yeah, fair point" Ann sighed leaning back "If only there was someone we could ask about this".

"I mean there was that detective, but she'd definitely find it suspicious if we go up and ask her" Morgana sighed, shaking his head.

'I could ask him but…' Ren thought, looking away a bit before shaking his head 'No way, not happening…I'm not talking to him ever again'.

"Then it looks like our only option is to head up to Madarame's place and find out for ourselves," Ryuji nodded, making Ann blush.

"What! No way, I'm not going to model right away! I'm not ready" Ann blushed, as the others looked at her confused.

"Uh, I think he meant we're just going to ask a few questions" Ren sweatdropped, making Ann blink.

"O-Oh right, y-yeah that makes sense sorry about that" Ann sweatdropped.

"But anyway Ryuji's right, heading up to Madarame's is our best option so let's go tomorrow after school" Ren nodded before standing up.

"For now though I should be heading back before Sojiro gets on my case again" Ren sighed, taking his bag with Morgana inside before waving to his friends goodbye and paying for the fries.

A few minutes later, Ryuji and Ann finished up the fries and left the diner with Ryuji stretching.

"Ah man jeez, that check up was more tiring than I thought" Ryuji sighed, tiredly while Ann crossed her arms.

"At least you didn't have to manoeuvre through a huge group of people," Ann pointed out, making Ryuji sweat.

"Yeah that's fair, but I would have stuck out like a thumb in there" Ryuji admitted "So anyway Ann, you got any plans after this?".

"I was thinking of checking out what the cinema has before heading home, you wanna come?" Ann asked, as Ryuji shrugged.

"Sure why not, I got nothing better to do plus I heard there's a move showing that's really good" Ryuji said, making Ann smirk.

"Oh who did you hear from, could it be Shiho's roommate you were really clicking with?" Ann asked, making Ryuji jump.

"W-Wha?! What are you talking about" Ryuji asked, making Ann laugh.

"Oh come on, Shiho told me all about it" Ann grinned, as Ryuji looked down and growled.

"Damn it Suzui".

"Soooo~~~ Come on, give me the deats" Ann asked, elbowing Ryuji a bit as he grumbled.

'God, someone get me outta this awkward situation now' Ryuji begged, with his eyes closed shut.

"Excuse me, you two are from Shujin correct?" The two heard, before turning around and were surprised who was behind them.

"My name is Keichiro Kurusu, I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about what transpired with Suguru Kamoshida a few weeks ago" Detective Kurusu asked, as Ryuji and Ann looked at each other and gulped.

Chapter Text

Third person P.O.V.

"C'mon Ren! We're gonna be late!" Morgana yelled while Ren was dashing towards the train station.

Ren shook his head. "I'm going, I'm going! We can miss one train." He made his way towards the station after leaving the meeting with Ryuji and Ann.

"We gotta go to bed soon so we're ready! Don't forget our mission tomorrow!" Morgana shouted.

Ren crossed his arms. "Yeah yeah, I know we're heading over to Madarame's tomorrow and-"

"Oh shut up about that Madarame bastard."

Ren and Morgana blinked as they saw a clearly drunk homeless guy stumbling towards them.

"Wha dew peple gib a sheet bout that bashturd Madarame! He ruined my whole god dang loife!" The man yelled, pointing at Ren and poking his jacket.

"Jeez, this guy reeks…" Morgana sweatdropped, as everyone around them just ignored Ren and the homeless guy.

"Uh sorry but I gotta, wait did you say Madarame?" Ren blinked, looking at the man "You know him?"

"Good idea Ren, we can get some info from him." Morgana grinned, as they both listened in.

"Yuh! I wsh one of his students ya know! He treated meh ike shit, id wsh because of tht busturd that ai couldn't get any wrk" He explained "Ahnd yeh shouda sin whut he said whn one ob us trid fitting back" he drunkenly stammered, as Ren listened closer but then the man suddenly collapsed.

"Oh god! Oh geez! Heavy! This is heavy!" Ren cried, as held the drunken man in his arms.

As this was going on we see Ryuji and Ann sitting in a cafe looking very awkward and worried.

"Are we seriously doing this?" Ryuji whispered, as he and Ann sat in a cafe while Keichiro got their orders.

"Well we couldn't exactly say no now could we! Would look way too suspicious" Ann shot back, before the two perked up.

"Sorry for the wait, this shouldn't take too long." Keichiro smiled, as he sat opposite the two and handed them their drinks "Thanks again for coming to answer my questions."

"N-No problem sir, we're happy to help." Ann sweatdropped, but Keichiro waved it off.

"Don't call me sir, it makes me feel old." He said, before crossing "I just wanted to ask if you too knew anything about the Kamoshida incident."

"Let me guess you're trying to see if those rumours are true that it was me and the 'criminal' transfer student" Ryuji guessed, sarcastically but was surprised by the detective's response.

"Oh not at all, I know it wasn't you two" He said, as Ryuji and Ann were surprised at his reply "I've heard the rumours about the three of you suddenly starting to hang out out of nowhere but when I looked into it, it seems all three of you are just victims of Kamoshida looking for support."

"Speaking of which I was hoping to get the story of what Kamoshida did to you two, to help with my case" Keichiro asked, as Ann looked at him.

"What exactly are you investigating?" Ann questioned, making Keichiro nod.

"Well I'm looking into how Kamoshida got so much power in the school, even if he was a Hero Teacher he shouldn't have been able to do the things that he did without someone covering for him and I want to find out" Keichiro stated, a determined look on his face.

Ryuji and Ann were surprised at the honesty coming from Keichiro, not used to this kind of treatment from an adult like him.

Nodding to each other the two began explaining to the detective about their experiences with Kamoshida while Keichiro wrote them down in his notebook.

"Wait so he started revealing private information about your family situation and then when you attacked him he broke your god damn leg and claimed self defence" Keichiro blinked, "And the principal actually bought that and was even able to close the whole team."

"Yeah pretty much, now everyone in my whole team freaking hates me…" Ryuji grumbled, as Ann frowned.

"Geez Ryuji, I never thought it was that bad," Ann said, patting his back.

"Well your case is worse Ann, I mean he'd been doing that shit for months" Ryuji said, as Keichiro nodded.

"Right, I remember hearing that from the report in his confession, I have to ask some details about the black mail he was using on you and Suzui, '' Keichiro asked, as Ann frowned.

"He was pretty much black mailing me into doing whatever he wanted, trying to get me to give him my phone number so that he could have sex with me, there was even rumours going around we were going out and if I ever said no he would threaten on removing Shiho place in the Hero Licencing exam" she explained, making Keichiro blink.

"But he wouldn't have had that kind of power," Keichiro noted, making the two blink.

"What?"

"The point of Quirk Classes is the teach students how to use their Quirks as a form of self defence while slowly pushing them into taking the Hero Licensing exam but it's their choice they want to do it or not, Kamoshida would have no control over who gets to go"

Ryuji and Ann blinked before looking down as they took in the information "That son of a bitch."

"I-I'm sorry…I just need to head back home and process this information" Ann said, standing up while rubbing her temples.

"Ah well, if you have any more information or questions for me just give me a call" he said, handing them some business cards as the teen nodded before walking off.

"Uh I should probably be going too" Ryuji nodded, slowly getting up but Keichiro looked up.

"Actually there's something I'd like to say to you Sakamoto" Keichiro asked, standing up.

"Huh? Sure what's up" Ryuji asked, before Keichiro placed a hand on his shoulder.

"The things Kamoshida, the teachers, the other students and even you father have said to you none of them matter" Keichiro said, surprising Ryuji getting a gentle smile from the detective "You're a good kid with a bright future ahead of you, don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise."

"Uh…o-oh, t-thanks" Ryuji grinned, before something from his eye "Damn it, what the heck is going on, I gotta go see ya later."

"Hmm…seems like you've made some good friends, Ren," Keichiro smiled, watching Ryuji leave the cafe before sitting back down while sipping some of his coffee.

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

The next day

Madarame's Shack

Third person P.O.V.

"Blegh, did you have to go all out like that" Morgana groaned, looking very nauseous as they walked up to their destination.

The reason why Morgana was acting like this was simple, a little girl had ran up to them on the train wanting to pet Morgana but since they weren't allowed to bring pets there they tried convincing the girl he was a stuffed animal, with Ren even petting him so that Morgana would meow like a toy.

"Sorry, I thought going rough with you would sell the lie better" Ren apologised while rubbing his head as Morgana hopped out the bag.

"Finally I can stretch! That train was getting stuffy" Morgana mewed, as he stretched his body.

"So is this the place?" Ryuji asked, as they looked up at the small wooden house in the neighbourhood.

"Looks like it, the plate say's Madarame and everything" Ann murmured, as she read the nameplate of the house.

"Well what are ya waiting for, ring the doorbell" Ryuji said, as Ann sweatdropped.

"Hang on, I don't wanna knock the whole wall off" Ann sighed, before pressing the bell button on the door.

"Yes? Who is it" The familiar voice of Yusuke said from the voice box "I'm afraid Master Madarame is not here at the moment."

"Um, this is Takamaki I came about the-" Ann was then cut off by the sound of items falling over while the group heard the quick footsteps of Yusuke moving towards the door.

"Takamaki-sa… you two are here as well?" Yusuke blinked, seeing Ren and Ryuji standing behind Ann.

"Sorry but we're not here about the modelling thing today, we were wondering if we could ask you some questions about the rumours going around about Madarame? We just wanna make sure she's not getting into anything bad" Ren explained, as Yusuke nodded.

"I suppose I can understand, very well go ahead" Yusuke agreed, as he crossed his arms.

"First of all we've been hearing a lot about Madarame plagiarising from his students and abusing them, treating them like dogs and stuff" Ryuji asked, showing him the message from the Phansite as proof.

"Heh, hahahahahahahahahahahahaha" Yusuke laughed, making the others sweatdrop.

"Nonsense, the idea that a master would plagiarise his own work is patently ridiculous. And abuse? Never!" Yusuke smirked, waving his hand "If he detested children enough to abuse them, why would he ever consent to take in Live-in students?"

"I am the only student currently living with Master Madarame, I say there is no abuse so therefore there is none" Yusuke stated, making Ryuji growled and he was about to say something but then Ren stood forward.

"Then what about the other students? Where are they now?" Ren asked, while having a determined look in his eyes "I don't know the rest, but the one I met last night looked to be drunk and homeless, clearly having a grudge against Madarame and not only that but there are even rumours that some of them are disappearing whenever they try to get back at Madarame."

"Um…well…I…" Yusuke muttered looking down, making Ren sigh before looking up.

"Listen I'm not trying to put you into a corner here, I did something I believed in, something I thought was right but it still cost me my home, my old friends and even my family got rid of me" Ren explained, looking down.

"I'm just worried that the same thing is happening to you so if the rumours are true and Madarame is really taking advantage of you…we want to help, so please" Ren stated to Yusuke who looked down.

"Ren…" Both Ryuji and Ann frowned after hearing their friend's speech.

"Nonsense…" Yusuke growled, before looking up with a furious look "I WAS ORPHANED AS A CHILD! BUT MASTER WAS THE ONE WHO TOOK ME IN AND RAISED ME! IF YOU CONTINUE TO INSULT THE MAN TO WHOM I OWE MY LIFE, I WILL BE FORCED TO TAKE ACTION!."

"Yusuke? What's wrong, I rarely hear you shout" They heard, as they looked over to see Madarame walking up.

"M-Master, these people…they're slandering you."

"Now Yusuke, please forgive them" Madarame asked "From what I heard, all they were doing was seeing if those nasty rumours were true out of concern for their lady friend there."

"I mean to be fair, when it's gotten to the level that detective's are looking into these rumours, you tend to get worried," Ren stated, as Yusuke looked at him surprised.

"Ah yes, a Shirogane did ask me about that though I didn't have anything to answer her questions…I do hope she'll be able to help my dear students soon even if we didn't part on the best terms" Madarame admitted, holding his hand to his chest "I'm sorry for interrupting, but there are the neighbours to think about, could I ask you to keep thing civil."

The teens watched as the artist went back inside of his home as Yusuke turned to the group "I see now why you felt you had to act on such rumours, I apologise for my earlier outburst."

"It's alright, we were kind of pushing you into a corner" Ren nodded, looking back at Ann and Ryuji who also hesitantly nodded.

"If you let me, I want to show you something…one glance and you'll know that master isn't the kind of person from these rumours" Yusuke asked, as he looked through his phone before finding what he was looking for "This is his the work that brought Madarame the success he has today, the Sayuri."

The trio looked into the phone to see a painting of a woman in a beautiful red dress with long black hair, behind her was a blooming sakura tree and a setting sun. And forming around the woman was a dark fog as she looked at it with a smile.

"This is the masterpiece that sparked my desire to become an artist" Yusuke smiled, looking at the amazed expressions from the trio while his Fox tail wagged excitedly.

"It's beautiful" Ann muttered, with even Ryuji nodding "I don't get much about art but even I admit that's good."

'What's up with the fog though? Doesn't really match with the rest of the painting…' Ren thought, but he decided not to mention so he wouldn't further annoy Yusuke.

"Takamaki, when I first laid eyes upon you, I felt the same shock course through me as when I first saw this masterpiece" Yusuke declared, causing Ann to gasp.

"Eh?! M-Me."

"This is the type of beauty that I wish to devote my life to! And I believe that painting a portrait of you will help me understand it at a deeper level" he smiled, looking up at Ann "I do hope that you will agree to my request of becoming my model."

"I know you've all come this way but I must go and assist my master now, please come again some other time good day" Yusuke smiled, before walking back to the Atelier.

As the door closed Ren noticed a fly that came from his bag fly through the door 'Guess Morgana wants to take a look around, I'll give him a few minutes'.

"You know they both seem like pretty decent people, what do you think Ren" Ryuji asked, as they walked a bit away from the shock.

"They do certainly sound like they're dedicated to the craft, then again that's what most people thought about Kamoshida" Ren reminded them.

"That's a good point, we can't be too certain…maybe we should take a look around his Palace just to be sure" Ann suggested, making Ryuji grin.

"Good idea, but we still need to figure out the other key words" Ryuji said, tapping his cheek "All we got so far is his name and probably Shack too, but what about the last one…any ideas Morgana?".

"Oh Morgana used his Quirk to become a fly so he can look around the Atelier, he should just be a few minutes" Ren explained, crossing his arm.

Meanwhile we see Morgana returning back to a cat as he looks around the house.

'Nyahahaha! Sneaking into a run down place is too easy, it's scary how good I am' Morgana smirked, looking around.

'Now let's see what kind of clues I can find…if Madarame really is a bastard like the rumours have been saying I'll find out here…' Morgana nodded while turning a corner.

"What the?" Morgana blinked, finding a gaudy looking door that was blue with golden like leaves on it which conflicted with everything else in the house, it even had a large golden padlock.

"Wow this sure sticks out like a sore thumb, there's even a giant padlock…I'd say this was a better place to hide some secrets then any" Morgana smirked, trying to reach for the lock.

"Ugh great, it's too high up…guess I'll just have to work on it from the insi-" Morgana said as he was about to transform but then heard a footstep.

"What the hell is a flea ridden cat doing here?" Morgana gulped, looking behind him to see Madarame glaring down at him "It's going for the padlock!".

Madarame then grabbed a nearby vase and flinging it towards the cat "NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO TOUCH THAT DOOR! NOBODY!".

"Woah!" Morgana yelped, dodging the vase before transforming into a fly so he could dodge the shards before flying away.

"It has a Quirk too! So that's how it got in" Madarame growled, as Morgana flew out of the house.

"Guys!" Morgana called out, as the trio looked over at him before returning to cat form "There is definitely something wrong with that Madarame guy!".

"What are you talking about? What happened in there" Ann asked, as Morgana took a few shaky breaths.

"I was taking a look around the Atelier when Madarame spotted me and went crazy! He was trying to freaking kill me!" Morgana yelled "It looked like he was trying to protect a gaudy door in his house".

"Well that's a red flag if I ever heard one, guess we better figure out that last keyword and head into the Palace" Ryuji said as Ren took out his phone.

"Alright I got it set up, any suggestions" Ren asked, as the others thought about it.

"Man this is way too sudden umm…" Ryuji groaned, trying to think of something.

"How about we start with 'castle'" Ann suggested, speaking loudly enough so that the phone would pick it up.

Candidate not found.

"Okay, how about a prison? Or maybe a jail" Ryuji suggested, waiting for the phone to reply.

Candidate not found. Candidate not found.

"Ugh seriously" Ryuji groaned, before blinking "Wait, can't you take us to the Palace Morgana?".

"It's way too tiring to bring a large group of people to a Palace like this with my ability, only reason I could do it last time was because Ren had already opened it a few minutes earlier I would basically be out for the count" Morgana explained, crossing his arms

"We just need to think more in terms of the artist, we're trying to figure it out from Madarame's point of view," Morgana explained.

"Hmm, then maybe an Art school?" Ann suggested.

Candidate not found.

"Umm, an Art supply store?" Ryuji guessed, with a shrug.

Candidate not found.

"Oh my god, fine then how about a museum!" Ren yelled, getting irritated only for the phone to flash.

Candidate found. Beginning Navigation.

"Wait, for real?!" Ryuji blinked, moving backas the world around them became distorted.

Madarame Palace

Third person P.O.V.

"Woah!" All four yelped, as they appeared within Madarame's Palace while in their Thief attire.

"Jeez, give us some warning before you do that, we could have been spotted by the guards" Mona berated, as Skull looked over at him.

"Hey it's not like we can exactly choose when it picks up our voice or not" Skull shot back.

As the two argued, Joker and Panther looked up at the Palace in question that replaced the small shack.

It was a gigantic golden museum that reached up past the clouds with hundreds of people lining up the front entrance trying to get in.

"Dang, I would be shocked if his sin wasn't Vanity" Panther sweatdropped, as Jokerr's eyes twitched.

"Yeah, it's actually kind of hurting my eyes," Joker groaned, while rubbing his eyes.

"Hmm, woah!" Panther jumped, as the others looked at her "Joker! You're eye!".

"Huh?" Joker blinked, as the other looked over.

"Holy crap! She's right, what's up with your eye!" "I've never seen anything like this before".

"Okay you guys are freaking me out, what's wrong with my eye? Joker questioned, before Panther pulled out her phone and turned on the camera.

"Take a look for yourself" Panther said, as Joker looked at himself and was surprised to see that one of his eyes was glowing yellow just like a Shadow's eyes would glow.

"What's up with that? Any idea Mona?" Skull asked, crossing his arms.

"Hmm, wait wasn't that the eyes that were hit back when we were escaping the Palace" Mona realised, as Joker looked at him.

"Think it could have been a side effect?" Joker asked, crossing his arms.

"Maybe, who knows you could even get a special power out of it" Mona guessed, making Skull groan.

"Oh great, another one".

Joker snickered as he looked over at Skull "What's that meant to mean?".

"Well let's see here, you can summon multiple Persona's, you got the damn app on your phone, I'm still thinking you got a photographic memory out of this and now the eye thing" Skull counted off as Panther nodded.

"It is a bit weird you're getting so much" Panther noted, as Joker shrugged.

"I mean, I can explain some of those things but now's probably not the best time" Joker admitted while scratching his cheek "And I'm pretty sure you wouldn't believe me anyway".

"Fine, but I'm getting an answer outta ya" Skull grumbled, pointing at Joker who only smirked before they dashed into the Palace.

'You know you're going to have to tell them sooner or later my other self' Arsene said, in Joker's head as they moved through the parking lot of the Palace.

'Yeah I know, but how am I supposed to explain a blue velvet room with a long nose man and twin velvet brats that execute my Persona's like the French Revolution' Joker shot back 'Actually speaking of which, do you have any idea what's going on with my eye?'.

'I might~'

'Are you going to tell me?' Joker asked. They leapt onto the structure in the garden while making their way to the building's roof.

'Hmm~ Nah, I don't wanna spoil your journey just yet my other self'

"Jeez, thanks" Joker muttered, as the group looked into a nearby window into the museum.

"Sweet, we can just use this" Panther smiled, as she moved in but Joker grabbed her shoulder.

"Hold on, look over there" he warned, pointing to the security guard looking around.

"Oh, thanks Joker" Panther smiled, as they waited for the security guard to leave before they jumped inside.

"Well well, if there are security guards here then that means Madarame must be keeping some kind of secret" Morgana noted, as they looked around.

The room looked to be some kind of exhibit with several large paintings, each one showing a different person but some of them had their faces blacked out with paint.

"What creepy portraits, they're even moving" Panther shuddered, as she looked at the nameplate "Weird, all it says is a name and an age…".

"Check it out, it's the same for these ones as well? Could they be their actual names" Skull wondered, as Ren looked at the blacked out paintings.

He then noticed how unlike the other paintings, the Blacked out ones weren't standing straight but instead in some kind of pose.

"Anyone else find it weird that the Blacked out ones are in a different pose then the rest" Joker asked, as Skull walked up next to him.

"You're right, it kinda looks like they're knocking on the paintings…" Skull agreed, crossing his arms.

"Not only that but all of these are just the same kind of portraits, Madarame is known for a bunch of different styles so why would his cognition- what the heck!" Panther gasped, as the others looked over.

"What's u- the eff?!" Skull gawked, as they saw one of the portraits that showed Nakanohara displayed in the room.

"That's the guys from Mementos, so are these meant to be his students" Joker blinked, looking at the portrait.

"Hey Joker, look over here".

Joker then looked over at the sound of Morgana's voice before his eyes widened "That's the guy we ran into yesterday".

"You mean that drunk guy? I honestly thought you were making that up" Skull admitted, scratching his cheek.

"Nope, but it also looks like he wasn't lying either" Joker said, before looking deeper into the room where the guards were wandering around.

"I bet Yusuke's picture is over there as well…but looks like we can't go far without fighting it out" Joker noted, before looking back "You guys ready?".

Everyone nodded while pulling out their weapons before they turned over, "Wait, not yet!".

"Huh" They blinked, looking over at Mona

"Look closely in that room" Mona suggested, as thieves looked into several layers around the room.

"The heck?! There's infrared! You gotta be kidding me" Skull growned, as Mona crossed his arms.

"That's probably my fault, he must be on edge right now since he saw me in his house" Mona guessed, with Panther sighing.

"And us looking into the rumours probably didn't help out either" Panther sighed, before shaking her head "Well then we'll just have to be extra careful then"

With that the thieves leapt in, dodging the lasers before sneaking up on the guard

"Show me your true form!" Joker yelled, gripping the guards mask and ripping it off causing the guards body to burst.

This revealed three fairy-like persona's with red skin and wearing chinese like clothing, they also had black hair with ginger twin tails and large butterfly wings.

"A new one huh? Then we'll have to piece together their weakness" Morgana said, before jumping up away from one of the Shadows fire blasts "Jeez that was close one".

"Fire huh?" Joker noted, doing a backflip away from one of the fire attacks "Then maybe some Ice will work".

Joker attempted to reach for his mask but before he could switch Persona's, the shadow then rushed in before kicking him in the chest.

"Ugh, that's smarts…" he growled, before jumping up and dodging the fire blast from the shadow.

A green aura then surrounded Joker before he looked over to see Mona running up to him "You okay Joker?".

"Yeah, thanks for that Mona" Joker nodded, before the two readied their weapons.

"HAH!" Panther yelled, whipping the Shadow knocking it back "Good thing I'm fireproof like this or I'd be screwed, how are you Skull?".

"Woah! Not doing so what" Skull yelled, rolling out of the way from the Shadows fire blast.

He then looked up at the Shadow and was laughing at him with a smug grin on its face.

"Grr! That's it! CAPTAIN KIDD!" Skull roared, ripping off his mask and summoning his Persona who fired a bolt of electricity shocking the Shadow.

"And now for this!" He grinned, taking out and cocking his shotgun before firing at the shadow causing it to be knocked to the ground.

"Good one Skull! You found a weakness!" Panther smirked, as she pulled out her own gun and fired at the shadow knocking it to the ground.

Joker and Mona did the same, knocking the last Shadow on the ground, allowing the group to corner the Shadows.

This gave Joker the chance to Negotiate with them, which he managed to convince to join their side. Absorbing the shadow into his mask, he learned that it was Hua po.

The Thieves continue traversing through the museum, even managing to take on a few more guards, getting Ren some more Persona's including Mokoi and Forneus.

A map was picked up by the thieves as they made their way through the front entrance of the museum, before heading into the next room straight ahead.

"Holy crap!?" Skull gawked, as they saw a large golden statue depicting a golden whirlpool with people being sucked into it, hanging around the statue were large paintings of Madarame "Talk about a huge statue, what do you think it's for".

"Looks like there's a placard over here, and it's a long one too" Mona pointed out as Panther walked up.

"Let's see here…Looks like its called the endless spring" Panther murmured, as she examined the placard "These are the works that Director Madarame has cultivated, investing his own money and time into them in exchange these works must offer up all of their imagination, every creation they make must be offered to Madarame for the extent of their lives, those who cannot or do not has no value and do not deserve to live".

"Holy shit! Is this for real! So Madarame is a total fake! Seeing your students as your property and taking all of their hard work as his! I bet that guy can't even paint for shit!" Skull growled, gripping his hand.

"And what's worse is that he's not even treating them fairly, I can understand paying them a place to stay and food for their artistic work but forcing them to live in those conditions and treating them like dogs" Mona scoffed, crossing his arms.

"That actually brings up a good point, what does Madarame do with all the money he gets for his works? There are plenty of people that pay as patrons considering he's so famous" Joker questioned "And with all that money why would he continue living in that Shack?".

"I'd also bet all those paintings back there are what he sees them as, and the whole 'don't deserve to live' thing must be talking about the abuse" Mona guessed.

"So he works them to the bone only to throw them away…and then with the rumours of people coming back for payback disappearing…it's like he's treating them as slaves' ' Panther frowned.

"Why the hell isn't Kitagawa saying anything about this! This stuff is seriously messed up!" Skull yelled "I get he owes Madarame his life but this is going way too far!".

"Thinking back…I think even his own work was stolen by Madarame, when I was talking about one I really liked he acted weird when looking at it" Panther admitted.

"Grr, that's it! Enough investigating! We're definitely making this guy our next target! Right Joker" Skull declared, looking over at Joker who was thinking about it.

"Hmm, I think we should investigate a little bit more" Joker admitted, surprising Skull

"Are you serious, we know what these guys are doing! If we don't do this soon then Yusuke will be next" Skull yelled, but Joker looked at him.

"Don't get me wrong, I agree with you that we should do something about Madarame, but we need to get as much information as we can" Joker explained "We still don't know what he's done to his other students, if we meet his shadow in here without knowing what that is we might fall victim to the same thing".

"I agree with Joker, we're going into unknown territory here so we need to know as much as we can about Madarame before beginning the infiltration" Mona agreed.

"So does that mean we're going now?" Panther asked, crossing her arms.

"That's probably for the best, we don't wanna use up all our energy getting through this " Mona suggested, with Skull nodding.

"Alright, fine! Let's get out of here and go look for more evidence" Skull said, a determined look on his face as he dashed ahead.

"Wait! Skull no!".

"Huh? Woah!" Skull yelped, almost touching the infrared slipping up and tripping on his ass.

"Gah, that was a close-" "What was that! Who's there!" "I knew I heard an intruder!" "Quickly! Get as many guards as we can"

The Thieves eyes widened as they heard a large mass making their way towards them.

"Oh…crap baskets" Joker gulped trying to figure out what to do.

Chapter Text

Madarame Palace

Third person P.O.V.

"Where are they!" The shadows yelled, bursting into the room with the statue however the thieves were nowhere to be seen

"I don't see any intruders? Where are they!" One guard questioned looking around.

"I'm certain I heard something! They must have escaped somehow" The other guard said, pointing to where he heard them.

"Then we will need to double the guards around the perimeter! We can't let them escape" The leader stated, as the guards began leaving and heading outside.

Unbeknownst to them however, the thieves were still in the room just on the ceiling above them.

"Phew, I thought they would have gotten us for sure" Skull sweatdropped, looking down at the guards.

"Yeah, we just barely got out by the skin of our teeth," Panther sighed with relief.

"This is what you get for running ahead Skull" Mona pointed out, making Skull growl.

"What was that! You little-" "That's enough Mona, at least he didn't hit the alarms".

"Ugh fine, but it's time for us to get the hell out of here" Mona sighed, shaking his head.

"Okay sure, but how are we meant to do that? They just beefed the security outside" Skull pointed out as Joker crossed his arms.

"That's a good point, it'd be way too risky to escape through the front entrance or even the way we got in" Joker agreed, nodding his head.

"Maybe if we go in deeper we can find another way to leave, like that trap door back in Kamoshida's Palace" Panther suggested "Plus, since they're all focusing on the front then there will be less guards to focus on outside".

"A genius plan as always Panther, I was thinking the same thing" Mona smirked, crossing his arms.

'...Simp…' Joker and Skull thought, looking down at the not-cat.

"Well anyway, Panther does have a point, this is a better chance than any to get grasp on what this Palace looks like, who knows we may even find ourselves a shortcut like last time, just make sure you don't touch anything" Mona stated, looking over at Skull.

"Why are you looking at me!".

Joker sighed, shaking his head before the thieves jumped off the roof they were on and began heading deeper into the Palace.

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

Deeper into the Palace

Third person P.O.V.

"Oh my god! Why was that last Shadow so strong" Panther groaned, shaking her head "Not only did it block most of our attacks, we had to use up alot of energy using our Persona's to beat it".

"Yeah you can say that again, good thing there was a vending machine nearby or we'd be screwed" Skull nodded, sipping some of his soda "Dang, cognitive soda ain't bad".

"Stupid Shiki-ouji…wouldn't get in my mask" Joker pouted, crossing his arms as they walked off.

"I was wondering why so many of them have physical Quirks,"Mona noted, looking around "That homeless guy also looked like a Lizard and Yusuke has fox ears".

"Did Nakanohara have one?" Panther thought, trying to remember.

"If he did, then we didn't notice" Joker admitted "But it does make sense, you see how some businesses treat people with those kinds of Quirks".

"Is it really that bad?" Mona asked, as they hid next to the wall waiting for a guard to leave.

"Pretty much yeah, you see the police assaulting them for random reasons from time to time" Skull sighed, before they stopped at a security door.

"Ooh! If we get in there we can get a view of the whole Palace" Mona grinned, as Skull pumped.

"Alright! Just let me give it a try" Skull grinned, walking up to ready his metal bat.

"Uh Skull, there's a log in right here" Panther pointed out, as she pointed her thumb at the password device.

"O-Oh right I knew that" Skull sweatdropped, as he walked up to the pad.

As this was happening, Joker was staring at a lone golden vase in the middle of a large room and smacked his lips "So Arsene, think that's safe?".

"Oh no, that is most definitely a trap, did you even need to ask?" Arsene asked, prompting Joker to scratch his cheek.

"I know, just wanted to make sure," Joker explained, before walking ahead with the others following him after not being able to open the door.

"Woah! Woah! WOAH!" Mona yelled, as they passed by the vase "You guys are just gonna ignore that golden sheen, I mean look at that lustre".

"Wha-?! Dude, you're the one who said not to touch anything" Skull stated, with the not-cat looking at him.

"I-I know! But we already ignored that rule! I mean Joker's been taking stuff left, right and centre" Mona pointed out, as Joker crossed his arms.

"Why do you do that? And why only certain ones" Panther asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Arsene tells me what stuff is safe to take. We need funds if we're gonna be doing this" Joker explained.

"Exactly! Don't you think it sells for tons" Mona said, before jumping towards the vase and hugging it.

"Wait! Mona you're stepping on something" Skull yelled, making Panther jump "Crap! Ain't this bad!".

"Joker! Jump back! Now!" Arsene yelled, prompting Joker to leap back as several shot around the room, making walls between Panther, Skull and Mona.

"Crap! The security!" Mona gulped, looking around.

"See! What'd I tell you! So now what, should we run it?" Skull asked, but Joker shook his head.

"No, that would draw way too much attention, I'll go and see if there's any way to get you guys out" Joker said, before turning to look around.

As Joker ran off to figure out a way to get the others out, we moved into his subconscious where the Thieves' Den was.

'Wow…everyones working so hard' Shadow Sumire thought, watching as the different Shadows within the Thieves' Den.

Some were either training, getting ready to be brought by Ren or looking around their new home.

'Compared to them…I'm pretty much a useless freeloader…' Shadow Sumire thought, with a frown.

'Why am I even here… I'm just a shadow who doesn't have anywhere to go… I can't even do anything to help' she frowned, hugging her knees.

'All I am is a burden here… I just want to go back to my real self… if she'd even want me back' Shadow Sumire sighed depressively "I want to know the truth…of what happened to me…".

Shadow Sumire then closed her eyes for a moment, but when she did something strange happened.

A flashed past through her vision. One of the Velvet rooms, allowing her to see the cells containing different people inside.

This included a girl with short blonde hair in a long black coat, a man in a black suit with a red tie and short brown hair and finally the young man with silver hair.

The silver haired man stiffened a bit, before turning his attention over in Sumire's direction but then her view flashed.

"H-Huh" she jumped, moving upwards as she took a few shaky breaths "W-What was that…".

Shadow Sumire looked around a bit before spotting Arsene continuing to speak with Joker, as he and the now freed Skull and Panther snuck in the ventilation shaft.

"...I shouldn't ask him…it would only bother him…" Shadow Sumire frowned, looking down.

Back in the Palace, we see Joker, Skull and Panther leaping out of the ventilation shaft as they look around.

"So think we can find anything that'll turn off the lasers?" Panther asked, looking around the room.

"I dunno, looks like most of the computers are shut off" Skull sighed, looking around before noticing one near the window "How about that one?".

Joker walked up to the computer and looked around in it "Seems like we need some kind password…".

"Try 8008- OW!" Skull cringed, as Panther elbowed him in the ribs.

"It'd be risky just to make random guesses…hmm?"

The thieves then noticed a pair of guards talking to each other, making Panther gulp "Crap, if they see Mona he'll be screwed!".

"I'll go first and wait for them to leave," Joker said, as he walked up and pressed the button next to the door to get out.

Joker then moved close to the wall, so that he could listen in on what they were saying.

"Hey did you hear about those intruders?" One guard asked, as they talked in the hallway.

"You mean the Thieves that everyone was sent to go and find?" The other guard questioned before nodding "Yeah I was actually sent to change the password".

"Oh? What did you change it too man?" The first guard wondered, as the other guard snickered.

"Get this 8008!"

"Oh my god…" Joker, Panther, Skull and even all of the Persona's in Joker said at the same time.

"800- seriously man"

"What? It's a classic!"

"Go and change that code right now before the bosses kills you"

"Ugh fine" The guard groaned, before the two walked towards the security room.

"Shit!" Joker gulped, before dashing towards the two surprising them "SHOW ME YOUR TRUE FORM!"

Ripping off the masks, the two Shadows transformed into a Inugami and a Shiisaa shadow.

"Dude, why did you rush in?" Skull yelled, running up to Joker who gulped.

"I panicked okay! Jeez" Joker sighed, readying his knife.

"Hah, let's just make this quick and get Mona out of there" Panther shook her head, before getting her whip ready.

The thieves then dashed towards the Shadows, ready to fight them.

"Take this!" Skull yelled, slamming his weapon at the Shiisa but the attack didn't do much "For real?!"

The Shiisa then opened its mouth and fired a blue energy blast towards Skull, sending him flying back.

"Whoa!" Panther yelped, jumping back from the Inugami who swung its body like a blade.

"Let's try this! Carmen! Agi!" Panther yelled, summoning her Persona who smirked and charged up a fireball.

"Let's see how this'll go," Carmen smirked, before throwing a ball of fire towards Inugami.

"Did that do it" Panther questioned, as Carmen came back to her only to see the attack didn't do much "Seriously?!".

"Skull! Panther! Move back" Joker called, as the two thieves jumped back to him.

Joker then proceeded to fire several bullets at the two Shadows, while it did some damage to Shiisa it didn't do much to the Inugami "Damn".

"Any ideas Leader?" Skull asked, as Joker looked back.

"I can handle the Shiisa, you two focus on double teaming the Inugami and see if you can figure out the weakness"

"Right!" Skull and Panther nodded, dashing towards the Inugami.

"CAPTAIN KIDD! ZI-O!" Skull yelled, using his Persona to fire a bolt of lighting at Inugami which did do some damage but not a lot.

"Move I got an idea!" Panther said, as she summoned her Persona to cast Dormina making the Inugami drowsy.

"Oh! Nice thinking!" Skull smirked, dashing towards the Inugami while summoning his Persona "WRECK HIM UP! CAPTAIN KIDD!".

"Hehe, very well let's finish this thing" Captain smirked, before dashing towards the Inugami and using the boat to slash it down, destroying the Shadow.

The Shiisa on the other hand blasted a ball of energy towards Joker who leapt into the air.

"Let's end this quickly! Arsene! RAVAGE THEM!"

"Fufufu! If you insist" Arsene smirked, before using Eiha to destroy the Shiisa in one blast.

"Hup, phew" Joker sighed, wiping off his sweat as his mask returned to his face "You guys okay".

"Yeah, I'm still freaking shocked I got the code right" Skull grinned, rubbing his head.

"Even I gotta admit, that was kinda funny," Panther admitted, crossing her arms.

"Well anyway, let's get Mona out of there and then we can decide on a punishment for him" Joker said, as the thieves walked in the security room to get Mona out.

After that, the Thieves continued their Trek through the Palace until finally making it outside.

"HOLY CRAP!" Skull screamed, his mouth agape at what they were looking at.

A gigantic blue locked door with a floral pattern that was surrounded by lasers. It was unclear whether they were the kinds of lasers that just alerted security or disintegrated you on contact, but for multiple reasons nobody wanted to test it out.

"What's it look like? Can you get in" Skull asked, as Joker checked the door after jumping over the lasers.

"Nah, it's completely locked and I don't see a key hole either" Joker said, as he jumped over the laser.

"Maybe there's a button or something that'll open it?" Panther wondered, crossing her arms.

"Seriously! We have to look around the museum to find that" Skull groaned, "Maybe I should just bust it down".

"And get security coming after us! No way".

"Hmm…that pattern looks kinda familiar" Mona murmured, looking at the door before spotting a loose grate on the ground "Hey guys! We might be able to get out through here".

"So we're just going to ignore this door?" Joker asked, but Mona shook his head.

"Not exactly, we're just saving it for later…if we wanna get through then we need to do something in the real world" Mona explained, confusing the thieves before they followed the cat and left the Palace.

Real world

Third person P.O.V.

"To think a small place like this has a huge Palace like that" Ryuji whistled, as they walked out of the metaverse.

"Yeah, guess the saying is right. Never judge a book by its cover" Ann nodded, crossing her arms.

"So what's the plan? We still need to figure out what exactly is happening to the missing students right?" Ryuji asked, as Ren crossed his arms.

"Well I was thinking that me and you could go and meet with the homeless guy I met after school, see if we can get answers for him" Ren explained, as Ann raised an eyebrow.

"What about me and Morgana?" Ann asked, as Ren turned to her "Well if you're up for it, could you do that modelling job and see if you can get any info from Yusuke? I wanna make sure the crimes we saw in the Palace are actually translating in reality".

"Yeah I was thinking the same thing, we just kind of walked up and started accusing Madarame, I atleast wanna have a private conversation with him".

"Dude you guys are being too cautious, aren't Palace like the reflection of his shitty thoughts" Ryuji sighed, shaking his head.

"Well being cautious is way better than going in guns blazing" Morgana sighed, shaking his head as Ren typed on his phone.

"Wait, who are you talking to?" Ann blinked, looking over at Ren who shrugged.

"Just texting Mishima, seeing if he can get us in touch with Nakanohara," Ren explained, before sending the message.

"You really think he can get us in touch with some guy who was mentioned like twice on the Phansite" Ryuji asked, making Ren shrug.

"Might as well try…".

"Oh ho, don't look like you kids would be hanging out here at random" The thieves heard, as they looked over at some people walking towards them.

The first was a tall, slender man with black, wavy hair that hangs on one side of his face and short sideburns on both sides. He wears thin-framed glasses with large, circular lenses, contrasting with his thin, greyish-blue eyes with mismatched pupils, one white and one black. He sports a beige blazer over an untucked black dress shirt and dark slacks. He also has a black camera that hangs around his neck when he's reporting.

The other was a girl with brown eyes, black hair in a bob cut and red lips. She wears a pair of orange sunglasses on her hair, a black shirt with a motto which reads "low life fight the power," a white long-sleeved shirt under the black shirt and blue jeans. She also carries a pink fanny pack, a camera hanging from her neck and a water bottle. She wears a pair of black and white shoes.

"Hmm? You want something" Ryuji asked, glaring at the two.

"Well from the looks of things, you three don't look like the ordinary stalking fans, you wouldn't happen to students of Madarame" The girl asked, as Ann sweatdropped

"Uh no, not really why do you ask?" Ann asked, as the man laughed.

"Ah sorry, we're looking for people who know students of Madarame to talk about those rumours of the disappearance, we got a bet going to see who can publish it first" The man explained.

"Disappearances?" Ren blinked, before looking over at the others "Just curious, what did you figure out".

"Ugh, not much just a rumour saying that they might have stolen the Sayuri and fled the country but it seems pretty farfetchd" The girl sighed.

"Well sorry, but we don't know anything," Ryuji shrugged, crossing his arms.

"I mean if it helps, I ran into someone claiming they were a student of Madarame's outside Shibuya" Ren admitted, making the two perk up.

"Oh shit! Really, can you give us a description" The guy asked, as Ren shrugged.

"Well his Quirk made him look like a Lizard, besides that he looked like he was homeless…that's the best I can give you" Ren explained.

"Nah this is great, thanks for that" The man smirked, giving him a wave.

"Here, if you find any more evidence, give me a call" The girl said, handing Ren a business card.

"Don't you think that might have fucked us over" Ryuji asked, as Ren shrugged.

"Ah c'mon what are the chances that I fucked up" Ren said, before looking over at Morgana "By the way, Morgana what were you talking about before about the door".

"Ah right, well I have a pretty good idea on how we can open it" Morgana smirked, making the others blink.

"Seriously?! How do we do it" Ann asked, looking surprised.

"Well remember when Madarame attacked me while I was checking out a weird door, well the pattern on it matched exactly with the one in the Palace" Morgana explained.

"But uh, we wanna open the door in the Palace, not in the house" Ryuji questioned, only for Morgana to give him a deadpan look.

"Let me finish, if we open the door in the real world and when Madarame sees it then the door will be open in the Palace" Mona explained.

"So we open the door while Yusuke is painting Ann, then after he's done we meet up in the Metaverse and wait in the safe room inside the Palace until Madarame comes back and see's the open door, we'll be there at the ready when it opens in the cognitive world" Ren deduced.

"You sure that'll work? Seems kinda risky" Ryuji questioned, with Morgana smirking.

"Of course I'm sure…I think…I just need a hair pin and it should be good" Morgana said

"Well not exactly anything else we can do, so we just do it" Ren shrugged, with the others nodding.

Night time

Shibuya

Third person P.O.V.

"Shdupit fackun Madirume, actin all high und midy" The Lizard-like student drunkenly scoffed, as he looked at a poster for Madarame.

"Ahm gunna kik yo assh, ya basturt" he growled, raising his fist to punch the poster.

"So I'm guessing you were the one that told those".

"Hah, oo-oi whad u doin git away frm meh" he said, as the figure walked up to him.

"A-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The student screamed, as we see a bright flash of light.

The next day

Shibuya

Third person P.O.V.

"Bullshit!" Ryuji yelled, as the two got off the train after leaving the school.

"Believe what you want man, I'm telling you the truth" Ren shrugged, as he walked up the stairs.

"Right because I can totally believe that ever since you left for Tokyo you've been waking up in this blue prison with a creepy long nose man and twin prison warden Loli's" Ryuji stated, as Ren shrugged.

"That executes my Persona's with a Guillotine to fuse them together, yes that is exactly what happens' ' Ren smirked, looking back at Ryuji as they rode the escalator.

"No, no, no you're just making up shit so you don't have to tell me what actually happens" Ryuji stated, as Ren looked offended

"Ryuji, why would I do something like that to you…it's a lot funnier telling you the truth and watching you try to comprehend it" he grinned, leaving the Train station as Ryuji rolled his eyes.

The two left the train station and looked around a bit, trying to find the student but to no avail.

"Shit, did those two take him away somewhere?" Ren wondered, looking around.

"Seriously dude, I told you you shouldn't have told them" Ryuji sighed, shaking his head.

"What! I was helping them!" Ren argued, before sighing "Now our only hopes are with Ann and Morgana".

"And considering what I remember from our Middle school plays…yeah I don't have much hope for Ann" Ryuji sighed, before they heard the ringing of a phone.

"Oh uh, give me a sec" Ren said, before taking out his phone before blinking "Huh, it's Mishima"

"For real? Maybe he's got some stuff on Nakanohara" Ryuji grinned, as Ren answered the call and placed it to his ear.

"Ah good you picked up, do you have a minute?" Mishima asked, from the other side of the phone.

"Sure, is this about Nakanohara?" Ren asked, leaning next to the wall.

"You got it, took me a bit to find him but after a bit of snooping I managed to get his Ex to send me his contact info, turns out he had already posted on the Phansite before I even had to contact him"

"Wait seriously, what was he talking about?" Ren questioned, looking more interested.

"Yeah, he says wants to talk to you guys about something in person, it looks like it isn't a prank and it seems to be about a heart he wanted changed but what do you think?".

"Well, our only other contact isn't here right now so it's our only option, tell him to meet me in the Starbucks in Shibuya, the one near the shack in about an hour…he'll know what it means" Ren explained, with Mishima.

"Sure thing, I'll get back to you in a bit" Mishima agreed, before hanging up.

"So I guess we just do whatever for an hour," Ryuji guessed, as Ren shrugged.

"Wanna go check out Untouchables? Sell the shit we got from the Palace" Ren suggested, as Ryuji nodded.

"Sure thing".

Madarame's shack

Third person P.O.V.

"I'm really sorry about yesterday, hope you weren't too mad" Ann apologised as she walked into a room in the Shack.

"No, no! Please forget that it ever happened! I'm overjoyed that you came at all" Yusuke gleefully said, as he prepared his art tools "I was beginning to think I had asked the impossible!".

"Please sit here, and you can leave your bag right next to the door" Yusuke said, placing a stool in the middle of the room

"Ah, thank you" Ann nodded, sitting down on the stool with Morgana using his Quirk to turn into a fly and flying off.

"Now, let's get started" Yusuke smiled, as he readied his paint brush.

As this was happening, we saw Morgana flying upstairs and found the blue door.

"Yup that's it, alright! Let's make this quick" Morgana smirked, as he flew down towards the lock and began working to unlock it.

Ann waited patiently as Yusuke worked on the painting, the silence in the room making the situation even worse for her.

'O-Okay Ann, time to get some info…' Ann thought, looking over at Yusuke "So uh, just curious, what is Madarame like?".

"Hmm, he is a very kind and considerate man, at least he was to me and my mother…he always told me how my mother was one of his earliest students" Yusuke explained, looking down.

"She had passed away during a villain attack when I was younger, but Sensei promptly took me in and raised me as his own," Yusuke stated, shocking Ann.

"Oh my gosh…I'm so sorry," Ann said, while Yusuke shook his head.

"No need, it was a long time ago but…not long after that I was shown the Sayuri and it was a revelation…I immediately went to my master and begged him to take me on as a pupil, it was at that moment I knew what I wanted to dedicate my life too" Yusuke smiled, as he thought "I only wish I can witness art in the way my master does, but with my Quirk…that isn't possible".

'Huh…he really does seem dedicated to art…guess I misjudged him' Ann thought, before shaking her head "What about the other students, why did they end up leaving?".

"Well Madarame never told me why they left, most I can guess was that it was some kind of fight…" he explained, but Ann could tell that there was something he wasn't telling her.

"They were all good people though, we would all work together towards dedication to the arts… you could think of us as some kind of…family…." Yusuke smiled, before looking down "I…I miss those days…"

"Yusuke…" Ann murmured, as she looked at him.

Starbucks

Third person P.O.V.

In the Starbucks near Madarame's house, we see Nakanohara in a seat waiting to meet with the Phantom Thieves.

"Hah…hope this can actually do something…" he murmured, moving his hair back showing off his pointed ears.

"Are you Natushiko Nakanohara?" Ren in a deep voice asked, making Nakanohara flinch "Don't turn around, just stay where you are".

Nakanohara took a glance at his cup, seeing someone in a black hoodie sitting on the seat opposite of his "A-Are you one of them?".

"That's right, good to meet in person" Ren nodded, as he crossed his arms "Let's get down to business, you have a heart you want us to change".

"That's right…I know it's hard to believe, but please change the heart of Ichiryusai Madarame…the Japanese Artist…my old teacher" He requested, making Ren smirk.

"Lucky for you, we were already working on that. That's why I called you here, I need information about him" Ren explained, surprising Nakanohara "First, tell me why you and the other students wanted to leave".

"Okay… I live with him in his studio thinking of nothing but my art…it was the thing I wanted to dedicate my life to…" Nakanohara explained "There was one other student there, Shun Makura, …he was older than me and extremely talented. Madarame, of course, took an interest in him and he claimed all of that student's work".

"Of course that wasn't the first student to have his work stolen by Madarame…but he was the first of us to try and leave, sick of how Madarame was treating them and their work but…he…he's gone now" Nakanohara stated.

"After that, the rest of us started leaving one by one which Madarame tried to stop, and out of revenge Madarame black balled all of us in the art world" Nakanohara frowned as he looked down "But even then, we just couldn't forget our drive for art…so we decided to try and start up our own Art Center".

"An art centre?" Ren blinked, making Nakanohara nod.

"Yeah, one where we could continue our art in our time while teach others in the proper way…we even attempted to get the last student still living with Madarame to join us…but Madarame had intervened and refused on his behalf" He explained, before sighing "What's worse…after that, the others started disappearing one by one whenever we tried to start up our centre…so I decided to leave and turn over a new leaf".

"Even then I just couldn't let go of my art and it warped me, I even resorted to my ex who threw me away after what happened with Madarame" He sighed looking down.

"I ask again, please change the heart of Ichiryusai Madarame, if not for me then then do it for the one still living with Madarame" he requested, as Ren leaned back.

"Kitagawa Yusuke, I've heard of me but it seems he's dedicated to Madarame… Do you know why?" Ren asked, as Nakanohara sighed.

"You probably already know how Madarame has already adopted… but there is something I can mention, when I was leaving I had talked to him about coming with me…but he told me something that honestly shocked me".

"He told me…'If I could escape…I would have done so a long time ago…'"

"Yusuke…" Ren muttered, before gripping his hands.

"Damn it…" Ryuji growled, as he listened in from a table a bit away from them.

"Before you mentioned that the student was gone…and the other student disappeared…do you know what's happening to them and is Madarame doing anything to them?" Ren questioned, making Nakanohara's eyes widened.

"...Yes…I do…" He admitted "B-But I can tell you…it's far too dangerous I-" "And let more of your family disappear too?".

Nakanohara looked back at Ren and noticed him gripping his arms before looking down at his own hands shaking in fear.

"Alright…Madarame…he's been using Quirk, that let's him enter into paintings, to trap his students inside of them…unable to move…only petrified in a dark coffin until Madarame decides to take them out"

Ren's eyes widened in shock as he looked back at Nakanohara "I-I had an idea that it could be that…but for that to actually be the case then…but the reports Madarame said he couldn't do that".

"It seems he has been lying about the details of his quirk for years, please you have to Kitagawa-kun before that can happen to him too!" he begged, while Ren remained silent.

"Damn it…" Ryuji growled, fuming with rage before his eyes widened when he saw outside the window was Madarame in a Limousine "Shit!".

"Huh" Ren blinked, looking up at Ryuji darting through the door before he got up "Alright! I gotta go! Thanks for your help".

"Ryuji! What's wrong!" Ren asked, as the two ran down the street.

"It's Madarame! He's heading back early!" Ryuji told him, making Ren's eyes widened.

"What! Shit no!" Ren yelled, quickening the pace as they raced towards Madarame's house while Ren tried contacting Ann "Damn, she's not answering! We gotta move!".

"Yeah! Let's- whoa!" Ryuji cried, as his leg stiffened before he followed down.

"Ryuji, you okay?" Ren asked, stopping for a moment to look back at his friend.

"Geh, I'm fine, just go!" Ryuji yelled, as Ren nodded before dashing ahead.

However Ren was too late, as he watched Madarame enter into his home "Damn it!".

"Shit! What are we meant to do" Ryuji groaned, as he caught up with Ren.

"Umm…the Metaverse!" Ren realised, before turning over to Ryuji "Remember when we first left the Metaverse and the time had passed a little bit slower then in the real world, if we go in there and head back to where the doors then return, we'll be inside and be able to help Ann".

"It's risky, but it's not like we can do anything else so let's do it" Ryuji nodded, as Ren took out his phone to enter in the key word.

However unbeknownst to them, as they teleported away someone in a school uniform was watching them.

Within the Metaverse, Joker and Skull had decided to go back through the museum, trying their hardest not to be found by the guards but they did have to fight a group of shadows as they made their way through the Palace.

Eventually they arrived at the garden where the large door was at, however now the door was open with the lasers gone.

"Shit that means Madarame saw the door! Joker, hurry up" Skull said, as Joker looked through the phone to start up the metanav.

However before they could leave the palace, a portal opened up above them "Huh?".

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Three screams were heard, before Panther, Mona and Yusuke crashed into them.

"W-Where did you guys come from" Joker sweatdropped, trying to get up.

"Ugh, it's a long story" Panther sighed, shaking her head.

Flashback

Third person P.O.V.

Back with Ann, she had continued asking Yusuke some questions as he worked on the painting.

"Thanks for answering my curiosity, I took us on a bit of a tangent" Ann apologised, but Yusuke shook his head.

"No no, you were kind enough to share your time with me so I mustn't waste it" Yusuke smiled, shaking his head.

"No it's okay I don't mind but… did you really need me here? I'm an actual model, you could have just used something from the magazine, there are probably girls better than me like Uwabami, Midnight or Mount Lady" Ann admitted, but Yusuke shook his head.

"Yes, definitely as I said before the moment I laid eyes upon you I couldn't hold still I just had to ask you to be my model" Yusuke stated, continuing to work but Ann shook her head.

"No, that's not what I meant, what made you wanna pick me" Ann asked, again as Yusuke placed a hand over his mouth.

"Hmm, it's hard to put into words…when I first saw you I had the feeling that I did when I first saw Sayuri," he explained.

"The Sayuri…that's the painting you showed us before right?" Ann asked, as Yusuke smiled excitedly,

"YES! All I want is to simply create art that satisfies me! A piece that I could look at and say 'yes! I can die happy creating this!' to me, the Sayuri is a piece like that" Yusuke explained, making Ann smile.

"Wow that sounds amazin-" "BUT! No matter how hard I try, nothing is ever good enough".

Yusuke then began gripping his painting in anger, surprising Ann "I paint and I paint, but somehow everything is just…missing!".

"Kitagawa…" Ann murmured "I guess I'm not a good enough model either huh….I don't really know much about art and aesthetics… and I doubt there's anything I could do that would help".

"There is…".

Ann blinked before looking up at Yusuke who had a determined look in his eyes "Takamaki-san please, allow me the honour of painting a nude of you!".

"Eh…EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?!" Ann screamed.

"A-A-Are you serious?! A-And why a nude painting! C-Can't be something else!"

"I have complete faith in my intuition! And it's telling me that if I paint a nude of you, you who made feel as the Sayuri did, I may discover what it is that I lack"

"W-Wait! If you paint it, you're going to want to display it r-right! No! That's way too embarrassing!" Ann screamed, furiously shaking her head.

"Hoho, looks like you were rejected pretty hard Yusuke" They heard, before looking over to see Madarame walking in.

"Sensei!" "Oh thank god…"

"Now Yusuke's you should understand it's frowned upon to force your model into a situation she doesn't feel comfortable going into" Madarame stated, as Yusuke looked down.

"I-I understand," Yusuke nodded, clearly disappointed "I apologise for making you feel uncomfortable, I simply wished to paint you so that I could see how I feel while working on it".

"R-Right…" Ann sweatdropped, while looking away 'Okay good, now just gotta grab Morgana then we can leave and meet up with-'.

CLUNK!

"W-What was that" Madarame blinked, looking around

'Did Morgana unlock the door?' Ann thought, before looking over at Madarame and seeing his eyes widened.

"That sounded like it came from upstairs, could some have broken in" Yusuke wondered, before Ann moved to the door.

"I-I'm gonna take a look, my Quirk should be able to knock them out" Ann said, as she made her way upstairs.

"What! Takamaki wait!" "Yusuke! No!".

Ann quickly ran upstairs and smirked when she saw the blue door now open before she walked towards it "Relax, my Quirk can-huh?!".

"Takamaki-san you can't go in…there…" Yusuke muttered, as he inside the room was several duplicates of the Sayuri in different sizes as well as one painting on top of a stand with a purple cloak over it

"These are all the Sayuri right…why are there so many of them…" Ann questioned, confused.

"I-I have no idea…" Yusuke muttered, still shocked, "This is the first time I've been inside this room…"

"GET OUT!"

The two jumped as they saw Madarame walking in completely furious "Sensei, what is this!".

"Well, you've seen it now so I guess I can't keep it a secret anymore" Madarame sighed "I am…in debt, I've had little choice but to make copies of the Sayuri and sell them via special means…".

"But master…why" Yusuke questioned, as Madarame looked down.

"The original Sayuri was stolen by one of my former students before they fled the country…I suspect they found my teachings too strict and fostered some sort of grudge against me" Madarame explained "It all came in such a big shock that it put me in a terrible slump, that's why I've been working you and my previous students so hard and used your works, so that I could have something to show…but by doing that I pushed them away and they left, ever since I've been trying to recreate Sayuri again and again but I could only ever create simple copies"

"However, in a stroke of luck a patron came saying that they didn't mind that it was a copy and bought it from me, then more and more patrons came buying these copies…people's expectations of me became so great that I have to expand the scope of my work or rick creating problems for others…including how I raised you…" Madarame then bowed much to the surprise of Yusuke.

"All of this is my fault…please forgive this foolish and incompetent sensei!".

"N-No Sensei! Please don't ever apologise for-" "Hang on…".

"Something doesn't add up here…how could you have copied the Sayuri in the first place if the original was stolen" Ann questioned, making Madarame gulp.

"W-Well, I have a high res digital image of it" he tried to explain but Ann crossed her arms.

"I'm certain your Patrons would have noticed if you had traced from the internet, I mean would they really want a copy of a picture" Ann shot back making Madarame growl.

"W-What do you know about any of this! Don't question me!" Madarame growled, as Ann frowned.

"I'm sorry I'm just having a hard time believing you, like would the patrons really want the paintings if you were giving away so many? The Sayuri would be losing its Value…this all seems too fishy" Ann admitted, before spotting Morgana hiding around the corner.

"Lady Ann, what's behind the one with the cover" Morgana whispered, as Ann looked at the one covered up.

Ann raised an eyebrow as she reached for the one under a purple cloak "W-Wait not that one!".

"EH?!" Yusuke gasped, as he saw in front of him the Sayuri "The Sayuri…this is the original one but didn't you say it was stolen".

"Th-that one's just a copy!" Madarame yelled, but Yusuke glared at him.

"No! You're wrong! The Sayuri has been the inspiration for my entire life! I would never, ever mistake a mere copy for the original! Why did you lie to me" Yusuke demanded to know.

"You're mistaken! I-It's…it's a forgery! Yes! An extremely well done forgery! When I got word this was one floating around, so I bought it to take it off the market and reduce the confusion!"

"Didn't you just say you were in massive debt? How would you have the money for that? And on top of that, the original buying a forgery? Who would believe that" Ann pointed out, making Madarame glare at her.

"Sensei please, just tell me the truth! What is going on here" Yusuke pleaded, making Madarame step back.

Madarame growled a bit before his eyes widened when he saw Morgana in the corner "That cat…I KNEW IT!".

Madarame then stumped towards Ann and grabbed her shoulders making her jump "H-Hey let go! What are you doing!".

"I knew it was too much of a coincidence for a cat with a Quirk to show up on the same day as your brats! You and your friends were the ones who planned this! Well too bad but you won't be telling anyone!" Madarame screamed, as he began pushing Ann towards the Sayuri.

"Master! What are you doing" Yusuke questioned, before gasping as Ann submerged into the painting.

"W-Whoa! Whoa! Wait, let's talk about this!" Ann begged, as she struggled not to be pushed into the painting.

"Lady Ann! No!" Morgana screamed, before using his Quirk to change into a bird to fly in Madarame's way.

"Gah! Get off!" Madarame yelled, as he stepped back from Morgana's pecking but he still pushed Ann.

"Help!" Ann screamed, as she pushed into the painting but before she could be enveloped Yusuke grabbed her arm and pulled her out.

"Are you okay?" Yusuke asked, worried as Ann looked up at him "Y-Yeah, thanks".

"Grah!" Madarame yelled, slapping the bird back while he glared at Ann and Yusuke.

"Yusuke! You would betray me…fine, I'll just push you both in!" Madarame roared, as he moved towards the two.

"Oh no you don't" Ann glared while popping a sweet in her mouth before using her to turn the sugar into a pink gas

"Gah, ugh…" Madarame groaned, as he started getting dizzy from the gas.

"Lady Ann! Now's our chance to get out of here and into the Metaverse" Morgana yelled, back to normal as he dashed towards the door.

"Takamaki-san! Wait!" Yusuke begged, as he followed her before Morgana used his power to slip the three into the Metaverse.

Madarame's Palace

Safe Room

Third person P.O.V.

"Uh…huh?" Yusuke blinked, as he slowly looked around and found himself in a strange room he did not recognise.

"Mmmrrrgh" Yusuke gasped, when he saw Mona sleeping on the table and he was clearly not looking well.

"A…A monster cat Quirk?" Yusuke blinked, before he heard some footsteps from outside.

"Man that lion thing was tougher than it looked, well at least we managed to beat it and shut off the security" The voice of Skull said, before the door opened up.

"Oh! You're awake thank goodness" Panther smiled, while Yusuke gulped.

"W-Who are all of you!"

"W-Whoa, calm down it's just us!" Panther said, moving her mask up.

"Takamaki-san! T-Then you two must be her friends" Yusuke realised before frowning "Where have you taken me!".

"It's probably easier to explain if you take a look outside!" Joker stated, as he opened the door allowing Yusuke to walk out.

"What…what in the world!" Yusuke gasped, as he saw Madarame palace in all of its glory "What is this place".

"This is a Palace, a person's distorted view of a place made manifest…in a way you can think of it as that Person's heart" Joker explained, walking up next to him.

"And this is that old bastard Madarame's Place, it's full of sleazy ambition and money-grubbing greed," Skull scoffed, rolling his arms.

"NONSENSE! DON'T YOU DARE LIE TO-" "''If I could escape…I would have done so a long time ago'".

Yusuke's eyes widened as he looked over at Joker who had his arms crossed "That's what Nakanohara told me… I don't know if you knew the full thing, but you must have had a feeling what was happening".

"Kitagawa please, you saw what just happened! What he did to me! This whole place is a reflection of his heart. This place is proof that what he's doing is real! And even bigger than you can even realise" Panther stated.

"This Garish looking place…but, then who are all of you?" Yusuke asked, looking up at them.

"Ugh, call us the Phantom Thieves of Hearts" Mona groaned, shaking his head.

"Think of us as a group of vigilantes that are changing the hearts of folks the heroes can't stop" Skull smirked.

"I'm sorry to say but whatever you want us to or not, what Madarame is doing can't be ignored anymore we have to stop him no matter what" Joker stated, with a determined look.

"...I will admit that if what you said is true, then the Sensei that I know must truly exist…but even then, I cannot absolve myself from the debt I owe to him" Yusuke frowned, gripping his chest.

"What! You're letting him get away with it! Dude, wake up! At this rate he's gonna-" "Ugh…".

"Whoa!" Joker gasped, quickly helping Yusuke from falling to the ground as he gripped his head.

"Are you Kitagawa?" Panther asked, as Yusuke shook his head "Sorry I'm just feeling a little light headed".

"Yeah I'm feeling that too, it's probably from the sudden warp into the metaverse" Mona admitted, rubbing his head "We should go though, the security's super high right now, it's a wonder the Shadows haven't found us already!"

Joker nods "Yeah, alright. We should go. Can you walk, Kitagawa?"

"I should be fine, yes… I just have a lot to think about." The boy clutches his head,

None of the thieves are really sure if he's actually in pain or if he's just being dramatic.

"Alright then. Let's go" Joker stated, as they began leaving the Palace.

As the group made their way through the museum, Yusuke couldn't help but stare at the paintings of the other students "Why are there so many of the others here".

"Because that's what Madarame see's them, just the works of the great Madarame" Mona scoffed.

"Yeah, the dude only sees people as things he can use until they're done for then they're thrown away there's even one of you here" Skull explained, as Yusuke looked down.

"We were nothing but…things…"

Just as the group reached the open doors welcoming them back to the lobby, a hoard of shadow security guards burst from the ground in front of them.

"Shit! Everyone get ready!" Joker called as they readied their weapons but he also noticed Mona was still not looking great before the guards turned into several Koppo Tengu and rushed them.

"Hgg" Joker growled, as he blocked an attack from one Koppa tengu who tried to kick him.

"Whoa!" Panter cried, as she moved out of the way from the Tengu's wind attack before using her whip on one.

"Move out of the way! Ya bastard!" Skull yelled, as he swung his weapon at another Tengu smashing to the ground.

"Come on! Come on!" Morgana yelled, trying to slash at the Tengu who dodged the attack before slashing the not-cat sending him flying back.

"Mona!" Joker yelled, quickly jumping and catching his companion.

"What in the world is happening?" Yusuke gaped, trying to comprehend the battle he was witnessing before they all felt another presence in the room.

"Leaving so soon, rats?! You haven't even admired the special exhibit yet!"

The Thieves eyes widened at the recognisable voice as they turned around to see the ruler of the Palace, Shadow Madarame. His Shadow Self wears traditional yellow kimono with make-up on his face, with his hair being styled in a Japanese topknot look that closely resembles a paint brush, as well as his eyebrows, which are bushier than his normal ones.

"Sensei…?" Yusuke hesitantly asked, his face showing clear disbelief "This has to be some type of elaborate joke!"

"MADARAME!" Joker growled, gripping his knife as he blocked the attacks from the two Tengu's while protecting Mona.

"Ew is that what he looks like in here" Panther gulped, as she saw the disgusting smirk on Shadow Madarame's face before jumping away from another wind attack.

"Tch, first it was a pervy, tacky king and now it's a smiling flamboyant shogun!" Skull scoffed, before getting in the face by the last Tengu.

"Of course, that plain and boring look was what I cultivated for the public! It's all an act! Honestly who in their right minds would live in some run down shack" Shadow Madarame scoffed "I have a mansion more fitting of a man with my repertoire, under a mistresses name of course".

"Living your life off other people, some set up you got" Joker scoffed, as he leapt away from the two Tengu's while carrying Mona.

"What about the Sayuri? You have the real one, so why make copies? Why do you have the real one if it was supposedly stolen? Or was that just a part of your act as well?" Yusuke demanded, clearly heart broken as tears streamed down his face.

Panther was about to move to protect Yusuke but her own opponent kept her from doing that.

"It seems you are not as foolish as I thought! The lie gives me not only a story of why my previous students have left me, but also another source of income. Sayuri being stolen was nothing but a false rumour! It's the perfect set-up for a pitiful sob story and a perfectly calculated staging!"

"What are you talking about? If people think the painting is stolen, then what is the point of the counterfeits!?" Yusuke screamed, now ignoring the battle around him.

"How about this? 'The police were able to recover the painting, my maiden work and the most coveted of all! If it were to go public, it would put the Sayuri at risk, but I can't let it rot away in storage… Perhaps you could have it, for a special price, of course." Madarame acted, with a clear sense of smugness in his voice.

"How's that for preferential treatment!? Art snobs love a good story and pay handsomely at that! The worth of art is to the beholder. If they wish to pay me millions for a counterfeit and a few lies to repeat to their most trusted, then why should I stop them?"

Yusuke collapsed to his knees as he took in all of this information, literally hyperventilating because of this.

"You keep going on about money this and money that. No wonder you ended up with this disgusting museum!" Skull yelled, as he slammed his weapon into another Tengu however more showed up "Shit!".

"You're supposed to be an artist right?! Aren't you ashamed of stealing your pupils' work?!" Ann screamed, as she whipped two more Tengu's to the ground while more showed up.

"Do you actually think I care about the art? It's nothing but a tool, a means to an end! It's my ticket to money, luxury and fame!"

"But what about the people who admire you…? Don't you feel any guilt in betraying them?!"Yusuke shouted from the floor, that determination slowly growing as he forced himself to look at the true face of his teacher

"People like you? I never betrayed you Yusuke… It's been like this from the start! " Shadow Madarame stated, before he burst into uncontrollable laughter

"Did you really think I took you in out of the goodness of my heart? You had nowhere to go and genuine talent that only needed to be refined! You were the perfect target! After all, it's much easier to steal the futures of children who can't fight back." He grinned, maliciously.

"You and the rest of my pupils are nothing but tools! Like livestock killed for their hide and meat. You are my last remaining artwork and I'll be damned if you think you can rise against me-" "And that's why you've been using your quirk to trap them in your paintings when they were trying to take him away right".

Yusuke's eyes widened as he looked over at Ren "What?".

"Yusuke listen, the students of his school, the people you grew up with…they wanted to start and art centre…a place where they could their work and actually teach people art without being treated terribly like Madarame did to them and they wanted to bring you along…because they still considered you family" Joker explained, before pointing his gun at Madarame "And when this bastard found it, he's been using his Quirk to trap them in his painting keeping them from taking you and rising up on their own in the art world".

"AND WHAT OF IT!" Shadow Madarame screamed, pure rage in his voice "All of them were my property from the beginning! They never should have left me! I'm just making sure they'll never leave again and take away the fame and fortune I have now-" "...How amusing".

Everyone in the room stopped as they watched Yusuke slowly laughing to himself "It seems truth truly is stranger than fiction…".

"For the longest time I buried my head in the sand, telling myself it couldn't possibly be true…" Yusuke said to tell himself as he stepped forward. "I called myself an artist, yet I was blind..I could not tell authenticity from artifice even when it stared at me in the face"

"Have you, at long last finally come to your senses?"

Yusuke eyes then shot open with as he felt a great pain fill his head forcing him to grip it "GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHH!".

"How foolishly you have averted your eyes from the truth"

"NO! Guards! Execute him!" Madarame yelled, as the Tengu rushed towards him, as Yusuke fell to his knees, the pain continuing to course through his being.

"A deplorable imitation indeed…Best you part from that aspect of yourself! "

"Oh no you don't! Arsene!" "Very well! Let us wreck havoc!"

"Keep them busy! Captain kidd!". "Yeah! It's party time!"

"Help me out too! Carmen!" "Fufu, very well let's have some fun!"

"I can still fight! Zorro!" "Let us protect him with our very soul!"

The thieves fought together with their Persona's to protect Yusuke's as the words of the contract flowed through his mind.

" Let us now forge a contract. I am thou, thou art I…"

Yusuke gripped onto the floor to keep him steady, only for his nails to crack and for blood to seep from his skin, leaving a trail of crimson red blood to stain the floor as his fingers dragged across it.

"The world is filled with both beauty and vice…It is time you teach people which is which!"

"Very well" Yusuke stated, rising to his feet as blue azure flames formed on his face and transformed into a kitsune max.

And with his still bleeding hand he gripped onto the mask, and with all of his strength he ripped the mask off with a single elegant tug.

"COME TO ME! GOEMON!".

An explosion of blue flames burst from Yusuke, before a freezing cold wind froze the area around them along with all of the enemies around them before the flames died down.

His Phantom Thief attire outfit consists of a traditional Kitsune style half mask, a black high-collared puff-sleeved jumpsuit with a striped sash worn across his hips, white motorcycle boots, and bright blue gloves, with a hole in the jump suit for his fox tail.

As for his Persona, he seemed to be styled after Kabuki, dressed in an extravagant blue robe and massive platform shoes in the shape of puzzle pieces. In one hand, he held a massive smoking pipe, large enough to be a dangerous weapon.

With drama expected from an artist about to go on a rampage, Yusuke addressed the remaining guards flaking Madarame, framing each between his fingers.

"A breath-taking sight… Imitations they may be, but together, they make a fine spectacle… Though the flowers of evil blossom, be it known... Abominations are fated to perish!" Yusuke declared, as his Persona stood tall along with the others Persona's while the frozen shadows shattered in pieces around them.

Chapter Text

Madarame Palace

Third person P.O.V.

Just as the group of five reached the open doors welcoming them back to the lobby, a hoard of shadow security guards burst from the ground in front of them.

"Shit! Everyone get ready!" Joker called as they readied their weapons but he also noticed Mona was still not looking great before the guards turned into several Koppo Tengu and rushed them.

"Hgg" Joker growled, as he blocked an attack from one Koppa tengu who tried to kick him.

"Whoa!" Panter cried, as she moved out of the way from the Tengu's wind attack before using her whip on one.

"Move out of the way! Ya bastard!" Skull yelled, as he swung his weapon at another Tengu smashing to the ground.

"Come on! Come on!" Morgana yelled, trying to slash at the Tengu who dodged the attack before slashing the not-cat sending him flying back.

"Mona!" Joker yelled, quickly jumping and catching his companion.

"What in the world is happening?" Yusuke gaped, trying to comprehend the battle he was witnessing before they all felt another presence in the room.

"Leaving so soon, rats?! You haven't even admired the special exhibit yet!"

The Thieves eyes widened at the recognisable voice as they turned around to see the ruler of the Palace, Shadow Madarame. His Shadow Self wears traditional yellow kimono with make-up on his face, with his hair being styled in a Japanese topknot look that closely resembles a paint brush, as well as his eyebrows, which are bushier than his normal ones.

"Sensei…?" Yusuke hesitantly asked, his face showing clear disbelief "This has to be some type of elaborate joke!"

"MADARAME!" Joker growled, gripping his knife as he blocked the attacks from the two Tengu's while protecting Mona.

"Ew is that what he looks like in here" Panther gulped, as she saw the disgusting smirk on Shadow Madarame's face before jumping away from another wind attack.

"Tch, first it was a pervy, tacky king and now it's a smiling flamboyant shogun!" Skull scoffed, before getting in the face by the last Tengu.

"Of course, that plain and boring look was what I cultivated for the public! It's all an act! Honestly who in their right minds would live in some run down shack" Shadow Madarame scoffed "I have a mansion more fitting of a man with my repertoire, under a mistresses name of course".

"Living your life off other people, some set up you got" Joker scoffed, as he leapt away from the two Tengu's while carrying Mona.

"What about the Sayuri? You have the real one, so why make copies? Why do you have the real one if it was supposedly stolen? Or was that just a part of your act as well?" Yusuke demanded, clearly heart broken as tears streamed down his face.

Panther was about to move to protect Yusuke but her own opponent kept her from doing that.

"It seems you are not as foolish as I thought! The lie gives me not only a story of why my previous students have left me, but also another source of income. Sayuri being stolen was nothing but a false rumour! It's the perfect set-up for a pitiful sob story and a perfectly calculated staging!"

"What are you talking about? If people think the painting is stolen, then what is the point of the counterfeits!?" Yusuke screamed, now ignoring the battle around him.

"How about this? 'The police were able to recover the painting, my maiden work and the most coveted of all! If it were to go public, it would put the Sayuri at risk, but I can't let it rot away in storage… Perhaps you could have it, for a special price, of course." Madarame acted, with a clear sense of smugness in his voice.

"How's that for preferential treatment!? Art snobs love a good story and pay handsomely at that! The worth of art is to the beholder. If they wish to pay me millions for a counterfeit and a few lies to repeat to their most trusted, then why should I stop them?"

Yusuke collapsed to his knees as he took in all of this information, literally hyperventilating because of this.

"You keep going on about money this and money that. No wonder you ended up with this disgusting museum!" Skull yelled, as he slammed his weapon into another Tengu however more showed up "Shit!".

"You're supposed to be an artist right?! Aren't you ashamed of stealing your pupils' work?!" Ann screamed, as she whipped two more Tengu's to the ground while more showed up.

"Do you actually think I care about the art? It's nothing but a tool, a means to an end! It's my ticket to money, luxury and fame!"

"But what about the people who admire you…? Don't you feel any guilt in betraying them?!"Yusuke shouted from the floor, that determination slowly growing as he forced himself to look at the true face of his teacher

"People like you? I never betrayed you Yusuke… It's been like this from the start! " Shadow Madarame stated, before he burst into uncontrollable laughter

"Did you really think I took you in out of the goodness of my heart? You had nowhere to go and genuine talent that only needed to be refined! You were the perfect target! After all, it's much easier to steal the futures of children who can't fight back." He grinned, maliciously.

"You and the rest of my pupils are nothing but tools! Like livestock killed for their hide and meat. You are my last remaining artwork and I'll be damned if you think you can rise against me-""And that's why you've been using your quirk to trap them in your paintings when they were trying to take him away right".

Yusuke's eyes widened as he looked over at Ren "What?".

"Yusuke listen, the students of his school, the people you grew up with…they wanted to start and art centre…a place where they could their work and actually teach people art without being treated terribly like Madarame did to them and they wanted to bring you along…because they still considered you family" Joker explained, before pointing his gun at Madarame "And when this bastard found it, he's been using his Quirk to trap them in his painting keeping them from taking you and rising up on their own in the art world".

"AND WHAT OF IT!" Shadow Madarame screamed, pure rage in his voice "All of them were my property from the beginning! They never should have left me! I'm just making sure they'll never leave again and take away the fame and fortune I have now-" "...How amusing".

Everyone in the room stopped as they watched Yusuke slowly laughing to himself "It seems truth truly is stranger than fiction…".

"For the longest time I buried my head in the sand, telling myself it couldn't possibly be true…" Yusuke said to tell himself as he stepped forward. "I called myself an artist, yet I was blind..I could not tell authenticity from artifice even when it stared at me in the face"

"Have you, at long last finally come to your senses?"

Yusuke eyes then shot open with as he felt a great pain fill his head forcing him to grip it "GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHH!".

"How foolishly you have averted your eyes from the truth"

"NO! Guards! Execute him!" Madarame yelled, as the Tengu rushed towards him, as Yusuke fell to his knees, the pain continuing to course through his being.

"A deplorable imitation indeed…Best you part from that aspect of yourself! "

"Oh no you don't! Arsene!" "Very well! Let us wreck havoc!"

"Keep them busy! Captain kidd!". "Yeah! It's party time!"

"Help me out too! Carmen!" "Fufu, very well let's have some fun!"

"I can still fight! Zorro!" "Let us protect him with our very soul!"

The thieves fought together with their Persona's to protect Yusuke's as the words of the contract flowed through his mind.

" Let us now forge a contract. I am thou, thou art I…"

Yusuke gripped onto the floor to keep him steady, only for his nails to crack and for blood to seep from his skin, leaving a trail of crimson red blood to stain the floor as his fingers dragged across it.

"The world is filled with both beauty and vice…It is time you teach people which is which!"

"Very well" Yusuke stated, rising to his feet as blue azure flames formed on his face and transformed into a kitsune max.

And with his still bleeding hand he gripped onto the mask, and with all of his strength he ripped the mask off with a single elegant tug.

"COME TO ME! GOEMON!".

An explosion of blue flames burst from Yusuke, before a freezing cold wind froze the area around them along with all of the enemies around them before the flames died down.

His Phantom Thief attire outfit consists of a traditional Kitsune style half mask, a black high-collared puff-sleeved jumpsuit with a striped sash worn across his hips, white motorcycle boots, and bright blue gloves, with a hole in the jump suit for his tail.

As for his Persona, he seemed to be styled after Kabuki, dressed in an extravagant blue robe and massive platform shoes in the shape of puzzle pieces. In one hand, he held a massive smoking pipe, large enough to be a dangerous weapon.

With drama expected from an artist about to go on a rampage, Yusuke addressed the remaining guards flaking Madarame, framing each between his fingers.

"A breath-taking sight… Imitations they may be, but together, they make a fine spectacle… Though the flowers of evil blossom, be it known... Abominations are fated to perish!" Yusuke declared, as his Persona stood tall along with the others Persona's while the frozen shadows shattered in pieces around them.

"Whoa, this is impressive" Mona gaped, at how easily he destroyed the Shadows while Joker quickly went to one of the exhibits and grabbed a weapon.

"All the children that looked up to you as father…all the students who entrusted their futures to you…how many of them have you crushed under your heel! How many have you tossed into an eternal tomb of their own works!" Yusuke stated, as he stepped towards Shadow Madarame.

"How many hopes and dreams have you sold for petty cash!" Yusuke growled, pointing at Shadow Madarame.

"I let you live under my roof for years and yet you turn on me, how dare you choose to bite the hand that fed you!" Shadow Madarame glared at Yusuke "The price of your insolence…will be death! Where are my guards kill them all!",

Several more shadow guards appeared around Madarame before they're bodies burst into several Koppa Tengu.

"Tch, looks like we're not done yet," Skull yelled, before Yusuke looked back at them.

"You've done enough please, allow me" Yusuke requested, making Joker smirk as he handed him the weapon he had taken which was a Katana.

"Let's see what you got, Kitagawa…" Joker smirked, as Yusuke nodded and took the weapon "It's time for the show to start".

"Very well, I hope I won't disappoint" Yusuke nodded, before turning to the Koppa Tengu as they darted towards him.

(Play Example! Shinkenger! From Samurai Sentai Shinkenger)

Yusuke entered a stance while gripping the hilt of his sword, waiting for the right moment as a Koppa Tengu darted towards him.

His ear then twitched, as his eyes shot open before he drew his sword.

"HAH!" he yelled, drawing his sword and slashed the Tengu in half, instantly killing it.

Yusuke then jumped in the air, dodging a wind attack from another Tengu before turning his attention towards it.

Pointing his sword at the monster, Yusuke slowly moved to the left as the Shadow moved to the right, both of them waiting for the right moment to strike.

His ear then twitched again as Yusuke readied his weapon.

"Now!" He declared, dashing forward to slash the Tengu but it flew up into the air dodging his strike.

It then followed the attack up with a kick towards Yusuke who blocked the attack with his sword.

Another Tengu moved into to hit his unguarded side, but Yusuke was able to hear the Shadow so blocked the attack with his Scabbard before he jumped back

"Freeze their very souls! Goemon!" He declared, as his mask burst off and transformed into the large Kabuki themed Persona.

"Very well, let us cover this stage in the beautiful ice!" Goemon stated, before blowing a frosty cold breath that froze all the Tengu's in place.

"SORYA!" Yusuke shouted, as he drew his sword and slashed at Tengu's direction, with Goemon doing the same.

Goemon then returned to his face as a mask before Yusuke turned around and moved his sword back into his Katana slowly.

"Enjoy your time in the underworld" he stated, before snapping the sword shut and that moment the Shadow shattered into pieces.

"What the hell was that!" Shadow Madarame growled, as he glared at Yusuke.

"Heh, that's Goemon his Persona. The rebellious spirit that he's kept locked away all this time just to please you" Mona smirked.

"Grr! Fine! Try this guard!" he yelled, before summoning an Ippon Datara that stood in front of him.

"How dare you disrespect Lord Madarame! You shall be punished for your crime!" Ippon Datara yelled, before raising his hammer.

"Yusuke! Look out!" Skull yelled, rushing in as energy appeared swung down towards Yusuke who was pushed out of the way by Skull.

However the impact still made an energy wave that still moved towards Joker and Panther who Joker quickly grabbed.

"HAH!" He yelled, shooting his grappling hook so that they could dodge the attack while Panther pulled her mask off.

"Carmen! Blast him away!" Panther declared, as her Persona, through several fire balls towards the Shadow.

However the two attacks do much as the Shadow swung his hammer again, hitting the two and sending them crashing to the wall.

"Lady Ann! How dare you!" Mona yelled, pulling out his slingshot and fired several shots towards Ippon Datara who moved out of the way before dashing towards Mona.

"What the?! Gah!" Mona cried, as he was sent flying back by the Shadow's attack.

"This is certainly a fast monster" Yusuke growled, getting up "If we could only break his guard, even for a moment".

"Wait…that's it" Joker realised, looking at Panther "Ann, I need you to use your Persona to make him sleepy then pass to Ryuji".

"Huh, sure" Panther nodded, getting up and dashing towards the Shadow.

The Shadow created another energy wave with its hammer but Panther leapt over the attack and ripped off her mask, having her Persona cast Dormina making the Shadow sleepy.

"Skull, you're up next" Panther smirked, as she ran up and high fived Skull.

"Alright, let's do it!" Skull smirked, as he dashed towards the Shadow and slammed his weapon at Ippon Datara causing it to stagger back.

"Yusuke! With me!" Joker called, as he and Yusuke dashed towards Ippon Datara.

"Jack Frost!" "Goemon!" The two yelled, ripping off their masks and summoning their Persona's "MABUFU!"

With the two Persona's summoned they both fired an Ice blast that froze the Shadow in place, leaving Mona dashing towards the Shadow.

"Time for some payback! ZORRO!" Mona called, summoning his Persona who moved in and punched the Shadow right in the face, shattering the ice and causing it to stumble back.

"Now's our chance! All out attack!" All five then rushed in before jumping into the air, attacking the shadow in all directions before dashing past him.

All five then struck a pose, with Joker fixing his glove, Skull doing a rock out sign, Mona crossing his arms with a grin, Panther doing a cute pose with a peace sign and Yusuke striking a dramatic pose.

Behind them we see energy in Ippon Datara burst out before he exploded behind them.

End song

"Hrmph, you impertent brat! You've just thrown away your bright future into the garbage Yusuke!" Shadow Madarame growled "I will pull every string at my disposal to make sure you never paint another piece again!"

"And now…it's your turn! Madarame!" Yusuke declared, before dashing towards the Shadow Madarame.

"YUSUKE NO!" The Phantom Thieves screamed, as Yusuke swung his sword at Madarame.

"WHAT!" Yusuke gasped, as his sword moved right through the Shadow, as his body began melting into paint.

"Heheheheh, you will regret defying me for the rest of your life! I'll make you pay just like that bastard father of yours!" Shadow Madarame grinned, before his body dissolved into a puddle of paint.

"D-Did he…" Panther gulped, but Mona shook his head "No, I think that was a copy".

"MADARAME!" Yusuke roared, dashing ahead but Joker moved in front of him "Get out of my way!".

"No! Security is higher than ever now, it'd be risky rushing in there" Joker stated "Besides, if you kill Madarame here how will he be able to free the other students trapped in the painting".

Yusuke looked down and gripped his hand, not sure what to say "Hah, you're right but what do we do".

"Heh, easy we're going to do our job and change his heart by stealing his treasure" Skull smirked, as Yusuke turned to him.

"Change his heart?".

"We can explain later, for now let's get out of here" Joker stated, before nodding as they turned to the entrance and started leaving but then Yusuke paused.

"When did my clothes change?" he blinked, looking at himself.

"You seriously just noticed that?" Skull sweatdropped.

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

Diner

Third person P.O.V.

"Incredible, I had heard the rumours but I never expected you all to exist" Yusuke muttered, as the group hung around the diner.

"Yeah we're pretty cool" Ryuji smirked, with a smug smile.

"I thank you for helping me come to my senses, I've known what he's done for awhile now…but…to admit that the man who took me in when I was just a kid…would do such terrible things…" Yusuke sighed, looking down.

'I can understand what he means by that…' Ren thought, with a frown.

"To betray the only man who ever cared for me…" Yusuke frowned, as Ann shook her head.

"Don't say that, we wouldn't be here right now if the other students didn't care for you like family Yusuke, Madarame may have just been using you but they still loved you, never forget that" Ann said, surprising Yusuke.

"You're right…thank you, Takamaki-san" Yusuke nodded with a smile.

"So…what are you going to do now that you've found out the truth?" Morgana asked, from Ren's bag.

"I…I want to save my brothers and sisters that Madarame has taken away…not only that but…" Yusuke muttered looking down.

"You're wondering if your mother could have been one of the people thrown into the painting, right?" Ren asked, with Yusuke nodding.

"I know it's not likely, but if there's even a small chance I could get her back…" Yusuke admitted, looking down "I also want to know what he meant when he mentioned my father".

"I get that, I doubt asking the real Madarame himself would get much results" Ryujji nodded, sipping some of his drink.

"I know I am asking a lot of you all but…would you please help-" "Sure"

Yusuke blinked, looking up as Ren smirked at him.

"We were already going to change his heart, saving his students is just a bonus" Ren winked, "So, welcome to the team".

"That's great! Happy to have you Yusuke!" "Hehe, you better keep up"

"I will do my very best" Yusuke smiled, as all four clinked their drinks together.

"We should probably mention, your Quirks are upgraded when you awaken to your Persona" Morgana reminded, as Yusuke blinked.

"Now that you mention it, I noticed how my senses are a lot stronger than normal, like I could hear from very far if I focused and I could even detect when the Shadows were about to attack, '' Yusuke admitted.

"Wait, you can use your Quirks there? We can't, what's up with that Morgana" Ann asked, looking over at the Not-cat.

"I'm not sure exactly, best guess I can say it's because his Quirk is a part of his body, can't exactly suppress his hearing" Mona guessed.

"Dang, then I guess you're extra useful" Ren smirked, with Yusuke nodding.

"Indeed, I hope that I will be useful to you all…by the way" he muttered before looking over at Morgana "What exactly is that?".

"Hmm? Oh, he's our cat"

"But…he's talking?" Yusuke blinked, looking confused "I mean I had assumed he was someone with a Quirk that made him look like that"

"Look we'll be here all day if we go over this, he's a cat-" "Not a cat!" "-that identifies as human who you can now understand since you heard him in the metaverses" Ren explained.

"...Very well" Yusuke shrugged, before he proceeded to order some black bean jelly while the others sweatdropped.

"Oh yeah by the way I should probably say something" Ren said, making the others blink.

"Ann, I have to say sorry".

"Sorry? Sorry for what?" She asked, turning her head in confusion.

"I should have considered the idea that Madarame come back early, and because of that you were almost pushed into the painting…"

"Ren come on, you don't have to say that there was no way you could have known Madarame would come back early" Ann stated "Besides, that may have been a blessing in and of itself".

"While I was disappointed we were interrupted, I likely would not have been able to come to my senses and awaken my Persona" Yusuke added on.

"Wait, 'interrupted'?" Ryuji blinked, while Morgana's eyes widened "Lady Ann! Don'tt tell me you two!".

"Of course not!".

"What do the two of us do?" Yusuke questioned, as Ren sighed.

"You don't wanna know"

Cafe Leblanc

Third person P.O.V.

After eating for a bit the group decided to leave for now, with Yusuke returning to the Atelier under the lie that he had gone after Ann after she had run away.

Luckily he reported that Madarame didn't remember what happened when Ann used her Quirk on him so they were in the clear for now.

So now Ren was back in Leblanc doing his usual work for Sojiro, who was currently teaching more about making a cup of coffee.

"Ok, today we're gonna try brewing a cup of coffee from step one. Just listen to what I tell ya alright" Sojiro said, handing the young man a jar of beans.

"These guys are Colombian beans, a medium fine roast so don't let the water boil too much".

"Sure thing, hope I don't mess up this place too badly" Ren jokes, as he walks over to the apparatus.

"You're gonna be fine, I'll be here this whole- hmm?" Sojiro blinked, after they heard the door jingle.

"Oh well this is a surprise, never expected to see you working here" They heard, before turning around to see Takemi walking in.

"Ah hey Doc" he nodded, as he worked on the coffee.

"Wait, you two know each other?" Sojiro blinked, looking between the two.

"Ah he comes by my shop from time to time, getting some pain killers and other things for his Hero Training" Takemi explained, as Sojiro looked at Ren surprised.

"What? After Kamoshida left the sub has actually been training us, we need to make I;m in tip top shape especially with the hero experience stuff coming up" Ren explained, with a shrug.

"Fair enough I guess, do you have any options by the way?" Sojiro asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Eh, not really…I mean what a surprise that the delinquent transfer student isn't on everyone's list to work for a hero agency" Ren shrugged, before he finished his coffee "Okay this should do it".

"Mind if I try, I'm curious to see how his coffee compares to yours Sakura-san" Takemi requested, as Ren poured two cups of coffee for the two of them.

The two adults sipped the coffee before leaning back to father their thoughts.

"Hmm, not bad" Takemi nodded, as Sojiro crossed his arms.

"Well guess anyone can do simple brewing, the thing is you gotta be careful how you mix the beans, the acidity and flavour profile all depend on ratio. Pretty deep, huh?"

"Hmm yeah, guess I'll have to keep that stuff in mind…" Ren nodded, as he tasted his own cup of coffee.

Ren continued working on his coffee making technique for the rest of the night while Takemi and Sojiro talked for a bit before he finished and went up to finish some of his DVDs he had rented.

Shujin Academy

Third person P.O.V.

'Hah' Ren thought, as he walked towards the Shujin school while holding up an umbrella "Sleepy…".

"What did I say, you gotta follow my sleep schedule to the T" Morgana stated, while Ren yawned.

"And have to pay late fees for my Dvds? No thank you" He sighed, shaking his head.

"So what's the plan? You're gonna get the others to go to the Palace today?" Morgana asked, poking his head from the bag.

"Nah, I wanna give some time for us to rest up" Ren sighed, stretching a bit. "I was thinking of taking Yusuke to Mementos, clear up some of those requests and get him more used to his new abilities".

"Good morning".

"Hmm?" Ren opened one of his eyes, looking over to see Makoto walking up to him "Yo, mornin Senpai".

"You seem quite tired, we weren't doing anything bad last night I hope" Makoto questioned, as Ren shrugged.

"Nah, just not a morning person plus I wanted to finish off my DVDs since late fees are coming today" Ren explained before yawning.

"I-I see, I would have expected you to be studying, especially with your situation" she admitted, before looking down 'Perhaps I can offer some tutor sessions to get closer to him…'.

"No way! How did he get this high!" "He had to have cheated somehow!" "I thought I heard a cat, can he hear animals?" "No way an animal would know all this stuff on the test".

The two walked into the school only to find several students up near the notice board making Makoto smirk "Seems the test results have been released".

"Yeah, guess I'll check" Ren shrugged, as they walked up to see the test scores.

'Good top ten as usual-' Makoto thought, before gawking as she saw what was on the second year's results.

What she was shocked about was that not only was Ren in the top ten, but the top 5 of the entire year, shocking the other students.

"Heh, looks like I still got it" Ren smirked, before turning over and heading to class "A bit of advice Pres".

"Huh?" Makoto blinked, looking over at Ren who smirked.

"Doing whatever the teachers want you to do while being bated with promises for your future instead of socialising, it won't be getting you anywhere" he then frowned before looking away "Moment you mess up, everything you've worked for will be gone and no one will be there to help you".

Ren walked off while ignoring the annoyed expression Makoto was giving him, but as he did we see Haru behind her watching him with a worried look in her eyes.

Later in the day

Third person P.O.V.

"So are we heading to the Palace today?" Ann asked, making Ren blinked as he looked over at her as class wrapped up.

"I was actually thinking of Mementos today, you know get Yusuke used to his new powers" Ren explained, as Morgana poked his head out.

"That's actually not a bad idea, we also got some requests we can take care of," Morgana agreed.

"Sweet, I'll text Yusuke about the change of plans and-" Ann stated, before a vibration came from Ren's phone

"Hmm? Oh" Ren blinked, checking his phone before groaning "Ah crap".

"Something up?" Ann asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"It's Maruki, I had promised to help him with a research he's been working on" Ren explained "It might take awhile, so guess we can't get to Mementos".

"I can take them to Mementos," Morgana suggested, "We'll just do a bit of work on the first floor before meeting you near the entrance".

"Ooh! I like that idea" Ann smiled, as Ren shrugged.

"I guess that's alright, better take my bag then" Ren said, handing her the bag making her blink.

"Jesus this is heavy, what do you keep in-" Ann stopped, as she saw Ren's deadpan expression "Oh yeah, stupid question".

After this, Ren left his teammate and started heading down to the practice building so that he could speak with Maruki.

"So, how's business been?" Ren asked, as he sat down on the couch and crossed his legs.

"Well so far, I've gotten quite a number of people visiting and to be honest, I'm quite relieved" Maruki smiled, making Ren blink.

"What do you mean?"

"Well…the whole mess with Kamoshida was why I was called in right and they even warned that a lot of students were affected, so I was expecting some free-floating anxiety but instead, it was your typical college pressure and romantic drama. The sort you see in most high schools. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't pleasantly surprised" Maruki explained.

"Not surprised, it's sort of expected that they'd have difficulty coming out about that kind of stuff, especially to a stranger" Ren stated, with Maruki nodding.

"True true, I can definitely see that there are still scars but I am at least glad that the ones that did come to me are taking the steps to recovery" Maruki smiled.

"Well that's good, back when I first came here this place seemed like an utter mess but it's good that there's some change" Ren nodded "By the way, about that research thing you talked about last time".

"Ah yes, of course and don't worry it's nothing too intensive. I just need you to answer some questions so I can gauge your replies" Maruki explained, but Ren sweatdropped.

"Uh I was going to ask what this research is for" Ren shot back, making Maruki's eyes widen.

"Oh right of course, I never told you, did I feel sorry about that?" Maruki sweatdropped "What I'm studying is pain felt in the mind, or to be more fanciful, the heart".

This made Ren's eyes widen for a moment as he looked up at Maruki before gulping "S-So what, you're trying to find out about heartburn or palpitations".

"Hehe, no no, I mean pain such as someone saying something hurtful to you or being separated from those you love" he explained, as Ren leaned back.

"So you're looking into Emotional pain, you could've just said that" Ren shot back, making Maruki nod.

"Aha, fair enough, so as you might have figured already that physical pain can be as necessary, an automatic response to injury, illness, all of them but what I'm looking into is pain that comes from one's own heart." Maruki stated.

"This type of pain isn't born from anything in your body, most of the time it's born from what others think of yourself, in a sense I want to learn more about Psychological Pain" Maruki finished, before looking up "So if I may, What's your take on this?"

'Oh so that's why you wanted me to do it' Ren thought, while rolling his eyes.

"I suppose…it's a necessary kind of pain, you know so you can learn how not to make something like that kind of pain happen again or when it does happen it hurts less" Ren stated, as Maruki raised an eyebrow.

"You seem to know quite a lot about that, have you gone through something similar?" Maruki asked, as Ren frowned.

"Uh kinda yeah, before my trial there was…someone I believed could and would help me…that they were my last hope…but they didn't do anything…and all they said was to just face my mistakes" Ren explained, before sighing.

"I see…you can certainly see this kind of experience, especially after the rise of Heroes…and Quirks" Maruki muttered, with Ren noticing the slight anger in his voice.

"I'm sorry for making you…relive that…" Maruki apologised, "How about we change the subject, let's talk about a Broken Heart then? Have you experienced anything like that?".

"Not really no" Ren shook his head "But if i had to guess, I would say that kind of pain is necessary as while yes it hurts it can also be a valuable lesson for future love or ultimately be a good thing as you could be in a relationship that's not good for you, you need to live through this pain these kinds of pains so that you can become stronger for the future".

"I mean look at me, I went through some really terrible stuff since the start of the year and yet I feel like I'm closer to the real or best version of myself then I ever had before" Ren grinned.

"Mhm…" Maruki wrote something down on his clipboard, as Ren raised an eyebrow "You good?"

"It's nothing." Maruki shook his head and waved it off. "I'm just keeping this in mind for future sessions. You're very unique compared to other students."

"Oh you have nooooooooooooooooooooo idea" Ren smirked, with a smug look glinting in his eyes.

"But as you can see, emotional pain is far more complex and harder to detect than physical pain, that's why I'm doing this to save people who are suffering from eternal pain which I believe is the biggest problem in this Hero and Villain society we live in" Maruki explained "I would even say that it'd be better if this kind of pain didn't exist, so it's interesting to speak with someone who thinks differently".

"So are we doing more of the mental training stuff next time or…?".

"Next time…" Maruki murmured, before his eyes widened and got up in a panic. "Oh crap!-I mean, agh… that was supposed to be today!"

"It's okay!" Ren assured him while raising his hand. "We can do it next time, to be honest I kinda had plans".

"Ah alright then, I'll prepare a special plan for next time I promise" Maruki nodded, as he watched Ren leave.

Maruki was then left alone as he looked down and contemplated everything

"To think he would have such an opposite view from mine…and here I thought I might have been able to get him to help me" Maruki sighed.

"Then there's also Yoshizawa…they seem very close…is there a chance he could…no, I can't think like that" Maruki shook his head before looking towards the mirror "I'm sure he'll understand why I had to do it".

Chapter Text

Mementos

Third person P.O.V.

"Phew finally made it" Joker sighed, rolling his neck as he walked down the steps into the first floor of Mementos only to be confused at what he saw "D-Did I miss something."

"MAGNIFICENT! SUCH A CHAOTIC AND MADDENING FORM! IT IS FUELING MY ARTISTIC NEEDS!" Yusuke cackled, as he was painting the landscape in front of him.

"Oh hey you finally made it" Panther noted, as she, Mona and Skull sat on the seats waiting for the Fox to finish up.

"Yeah uh, what did I miss?" Joker questioned, looking at the two.

"Well we managed to do a few of the requests on the Phansite while we were waiting for ya, like that one chick who was acting like a sadist to the guy she liked" Mona explained, crossing his arms.

"And then that one decided that he wanted to sketch out Mementos before we leave" Skull scoffed, pointing a thumb towards Yusuke

"Well of course this is a once in a lifetime opportunity" Yusuke declared, walking up to them "To see the representation of human desire in such a combined form!."

"I see you're starting to get a grasp of this place" Joker smiled, looking over at Yusuke.

"Indeed, who would have thought that a person's distorted desire could become manifested in such detail in this world! Truly inspiring" Yusuke nodded "Though I'm confused about this NAV thing that has the same power as Morgana."

"Ah right, we did sort of skim through it while we were explaining huh" Skull admitted, rubbing his head.

"Ah well pretty much a phone suddenly popped on my phone on the day I first got here that lets us go into these Palaces," he said, showing the app to Yusuke "I accidentally had it on during a conversation with Ryuji and we ended up going into the Palace of the Hero teacher in our school."

"To think such an incredible power would be found in such a simple form…" Yusuke muttered, looking at the app.

"Yeah and it's surprisingly simple, actually; just say a person's name, location and their distortion, then boom, you're in." Panther smiled, as Yusuke looked at her.

"Their location? What do you mean? How does that factor in?"

"Uhh, well, let's see, um…" Panther stuttered, trying to figure out how to explain before Joker decided to give her a hand.

"The location is where they base their desires. For example, Madarame sees the shack as a museum of all his works and Kamoshida sees our school as a castle where he was the king."

"How do you know what their Palace will look like if you have never seen it before?" Yusuke asked, with Morgana perking up.

"As a proper thief, we have to research as much as we can about our target and determine what is the best-" "Blind luck," The others admitted, swiftly cutting Mona off.

Morgana pouted as he glared at the other Phantom Thieves. "So, any more questions, Yusuke?"

"Hmm…no not really, I believe I have a good grasp of the basic concept," Yusuke confirmed. "If there is anything I do not understand, I will simply need to rely on you four, as you are more experienced than I am."

Skull scratched the back of his head, smiling. "We've done this once , dude. I wouldn't really call us 'experienced' yet."

"Yeah, Morgana's probably the one to ask. We're still getting our heads wrapped around this," Panther admitted.

"Ah right speaking of which I should probably mention I believe Madarame against all of you" Yusuke explained "I saw him grumbling your names while working on some of the reports."

"What! For real" Skull gawked "I get Ann, but why me and Ren."

"Thanks a lot Ryuji" Panther sighed, shaking her head "Now that I think about it I think I heard him notice Mona, could be her figured out this was all a trap."

"Do you know when he's going to take action?" Joker asked, as Yusuke placed his hand to his mouth

"I can't say for certain but considering the exhibition currently going on I would say early next month."

"The heck? Why so long, is he that busy" Skull wondered, as Mona shook his head.

"It'd probably change how people see him if he was in a trial during an important exhibition," Mona explained, before looking down "Which means we have about two weeks left before he takes charge"

"Well we finished up half of the Palace already, I'm sure we can finish the rest up on our next infiltration" Joker said before looking over at Yusuke "Speaking of which we should probably decide when we should go and do that Palace? Also get you some gear for the next mission, you can use your share of the funds from Mementos."

"Very well, I'm interested in seeing how you get such gear" Yusuke noted, as Skull leaned back.

"I mean, I'm still feeling pretty up to it if you guys wanna do the Palace today" Skull admitted, crossing his arms.

"Same, it's not like we did that much in Mementos today" Panther agreed with a nod.

"Plus getting this Palace done as soon as possible would probably be for the best" Morgana stated.

"If that's the case, Madarame should still be at the exhibit now so we'll be able to get in the Palace easily enough" Yusuke nodded.

"Well alright then, just give me a sec I gotta do something real quick" he nodded, before walking up to the velvet room door and entering inside.

"Oh he's doing that thing again" Panther blinked, as she, Skull, Mona and Yusuke looked at Ren's frozen body

"What do you mean? He's just standing there doing nothing?" Yusuke questioned, looking over at Joker.

"We don't really know, we just know that whenever he spaces out like that he comes back a few minutes later with a bunch of different Persona's" Morgana explained.

"Right, I recall you mentioning Joker's special ability, that he utilises multiple Persona's…is there any way we can gain this ability as well?" Yusuke asked, but Panther shook her head.

"Well we've tried negotiating with Persona's, but the best we can do is get them to give us money and some items" She explained.

"And you won't believe what kinda crazy stuff he comes up with just to keep how he manages his Persona's a secret" Skull groaned "Seriously a blue room that looks like a Prison with a long nose man sitting in the middle and two little girls dressed up as wardens that executes his Personas to fuse them together, how'd he comes up with this stuff."

"Yeah, that sounds crazy" Panther nodded, while Yusuke smiled "However you have to admit, it is quite inspiring for an art piece."

"Yeah I don't think it'll be easy to make a painting of the Velvet- Skull, what are you doing?" Mona blinked, as Skull slowly snuck up to the frozen Ren with a pen he borrowed from Yusuke.

"Just gonna draw a lil something" Skull grinned, getting closer and closer to Joker ready for his prank but before he could.

"GUWAH!" Skull grunted, feeling some kind of invincible force kicking him in the gut and sending him flying back.

"Whoa! What the heck!" Mona blinked, as Panther and Yusuke ran up to Skull.

"You okay Ryuji" Panther asked, helping Skull up who shook his head "Yeah, just felt something kick me in the gut…",

"Was it a Shadow that turned invisi-hmm?" Yusuke blinked, finding a blue note on the ground "What's this?."

The others blinked as they also looked over at the note Yusuke was holding.

"No one gets to pick on the Inmate but me! Punk!"

"Wait…so…IT'S REAL?!" The Thieves gawked, jumping back in surprise.

"Huh-wha" Joker blinked, coming back to reality, spotting his friends looking in his direction shocked while Caroline and Justine looked at them with satisfied smirks.

"What did you two do?"

"Your Chariot intended to draw something on you while you were speaking without a master," Justine explained.

"So we decided to teach him a lesson, you better be a grateful inmate" Caroline nodded.

Joker raised an eyebrow at that before an idea popped in his head.

"Aw, well this is a surprise" Joker grinned, as he began giving the two simultaneous headpats surprising them due to the new sensation "Who would have thought you two would go out of your way to protect me, I didn't know you were so fond of me."

At this sudden praise the two wardens jumped back, with Joker noticing a bit of red on their cheeks.

"W-What! D-Don't get the wrong idea inmate! We weren't doing it for you!" Caroline yelled, waving her baton.

"I-Indeed! W-We were simply performing our duty as your wardens! T-This is all for your rehabilitation!" Justine agreed, with a nod.

And with that the two went back into the dorm while Joker snickered, standing up "Dang, good thing that worked."

He then turned to his companions, all looking at him with different expressions.

"You want an explanation don't you?...ugh, fine I'll tell you on the way to the Palace" Joker sighed, as they made their way out of Mementos.

Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie

WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!

In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.

YEAH! YEAH! OW!

We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.

It's your haze of delusion versus reality

We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him

Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality

Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.

Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind

We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran

From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives

Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him

Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive

He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies

Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina

Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.

Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.

EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!

We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.

We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?

We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it

Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.

The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.

The place where you're the one

Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.

That's where you're meant to be!

Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.

EVERYBODY!

We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.

Put your hands up!

We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.

We'll be flying!

Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.

Can you imagine it?

Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.

Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams

In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.

The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be

Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.

FLYIN! Within these memories!

We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.

FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!

Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.

Just listen close to the song that lies within you~

Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.

Soul~

My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!

Madarame Palace

Third person P.O.V.

"What's it like to be in there?."

"Kinda like I'm having one of these lucid dreams?."

"What does the place look like? I need it for inspiration."

"It's blue and shaped in a circle with a bunch of jail cells, in the middle is a desk where the long nose man sits."

"Did you ever figure out who those other guys were?."

"Not really no, didn't even notice them until one of them spoke up"

"Is there any way we can go into the velvet room? Maybe we could get multiple Persona's too."

"Doubt it, the place seems to only allow certain people in"

"What do the girls look like?."

"They kinda look like Jose, but more human and wearing blue warden clothes, anyway that's enough questions" Joker sighed, as they arrived at the Palace.

"Aww fine, but you better keep us updated on what they're saying" Mona said, with Ren nodding.

"Yeah, sure thing" Joker nodded, before they turned their attention back to the Palace.

"So we simply need to get through the rest of the Palace and find the quickest way through to get to the treasure" Yusuke asked, as Joker nodded.

"Pretty much Yusuke- crap right, we never picked a Codename for you"

"Oh yeah! It's gotta be Kitsune with his mask and everything!" Ann grinned.

"Hell yeah!" Ryuji cheered. "Definitely, or maybe something shorter like…Kitsu? Geats?"

"Are you referring to me?" Yusuke asked.

Morgana crossed his arms. "We refer to each other by codenames, we haven't confirmed it yet, but we do it as an extra precaution in case saying our real names affects the real world version in any way." He explained

"It's kinda like our hero's name's I'm Skull, Ann's Panther, Ren is Joker, and Morgana is Mona." Skull recounted.

"Ah, I see, I was wondering why you referred to yourselves like that." Yusuke nodded, as Panther smiled.

"So what do you think? What do you want your codename to be?" Panther asked.

Hmm… if I had to pick…I would like to go with Da Vinci?" Yusuke suggested.

"Nope!" Skull swung his arms. "Veto that immediately!

"What's wrong with it?" Yusuke innocently asked.

"It just doesn't fit with your costume's whole aesthetic." Skull explained, as Yusuke looked down.

"I see… then how about Katsushika Hokusai?" Yusuke declared.

Skull lowered his head in defeat. "That's worse."

"It's also a bit of a mouthful, isn't it?" Panther glanced at Joker. "You got something, Joker?"

"Hmm, I did like Ann's idea but considering we're all english how about Fox?" Joker suggested.

"Ooh, keeping it literal I like it, guess most of us have something to do with our masks." Skull smirked, nudging Joker a bit.

"What do you think, Fox?" Mona asked, as Yusuke nodded.

"It's acceptable" the now named Fox nodded, before turning around towards the Palace. "So how do we get in?"

"Well last time we had to sneak in through a window, but it would mean we'd have to go through the entire first half again" Mona sighed, shaking his head.

"Why don't we just take that vent we used to leave last time?" Skull asked, with Panther shuddering.

"Ugh, I'd rather not go through that again"

"If I remember correctly, the place we were last time was an open area…can we not just scale the walls" Fox wondered.

"I mean we could, but there's probably a trap like electrified wires at the top or censors" Mona explained, but Joker thought about it.

"Actually Fox might be onto something" Joker said, looking at the others "Why don't we use our Persona's to lift us over the walls? I mean if they can stop us from falling I'm sure they can help us get over the walls."

"Ooh! That's a good idea! It'll save so much time" Skull grinned, before the group left the parking lot and began moving around the side of the museum.

After using their Persona's to jump over the wall back to the point where they were last, the Phantom Thieves entered through the door they were able to unlock.

The room in question looked like the entrance of a museum, with a giant golden statue of Madarame in the middle of the room and a particularly strong shadow roaming around.

"Geh, it's probably that Origami shaped Shadow again" Skull shuddered, as they watched the Shadow moving around from their hiding spot.

"Ugh not that thing again, I do not wanna have to fight it" Panther groaned, shaking her head.

"Then guess we'll just have to sneak past- you okay Fox?" Joker blinked, looking over at Fox while he stared at the large Golden Statue.

"I just never thought I would see such an abomination of Vanity in a museum, such a disgraceful site" Fox sighed, shaking his head.

"Well Palaces tend to plaster their ruler's face all over the Palace" Skull said, looking at the statue.

"Yeah, you should have seen Kamoshida's Palace. That castle was honestly disgusting" Panther nodded, catching Fox's attention.

"A castle you say! I must admit, I would not have minded seeing a site like that" Fox smiled, making the others sweat drop.

Seeing their opening, the group dashed past the powerful shadow and headed towards the next room, not forgetting to grab a brochure that came with a map.

"Ooh! A treasure chest!" Morgana as they arrived in a larger room with several paintings including two gigantic paintings on the right as well as several black poles.

"You may want to be careful in this room, looks like those black poles are quite dangerous" Arsene noted, making Joker blink as he took a closer look.

"Guys hold up" Joker called, stopping the others from moving forward.

"Uh what's up?"

"I think the black poles might actually be infrared lasers," Joker explained, making the others blink.

"For real?! But I don't see the lasers" Skull blinked, looking around.

"They probably switched to ones we can't see normally," Panther explained, before sighing "If I could use my Quirk I could probably cover them in the gas so we can see but I'm not sure If I can still use it, I don't even have anything sweet."

"Hmm, oh I got it!" Mona grinned, before turning to Fox "Fox, think you could get your Persona to cover the lasers in smoke."

"Ah I see, very well" Fox smiled, before reaching for his Mask "PERSONA!"

"Kukuku, quite a clever plan you fledgling thieves" Goemon smirked, before ploughing an Icy smoke that covered the area, allowing the lasers to be seen.

"Now's our chance! Let's go!" Joker declared, dashing ahead while dodging the infrared lasers so they could make it to the other room.

"Phew! We made it" Skull sighed, leaning on the wall before noticing Fox looking winded "You okay Fox?"

"Hah, hah… my apologies I don't usually partake in physical activities so I'll need to get used to this" Fox apologised.

"I totally get it, it took me a bit to get used to this too," Panther smiled, patting his back. "Not everyone can be a hero-in-training or an exercise freak."

"Oh come on don't call me an 'exercise freak', I'm just getting back into track" Skull stated.

'Hero-in-training huh…' Joker frowned, looking down 'Do I still even wanna be a hero…I mean, this feels far better then any kind of hero practice I did before…'.

"Okay, we should probably continue" Morgana said, getting up and walking ahead "Checking the map, I think I saw the security room is just around the-" "Hey! Who's there!."

Jumping a bit, the Thieves looked over to see one of the Powerful looking guards moving towards them.

"How could you Thieves have gotten past the security system!" The shadow yelled "If you think I'm gonna let you through, then you're sorely mistaken!"

The shadow's body then burst and transformed into a large Kurama Tengu, along with two Koppa Tengu showing up next to him.

"Alright, we already know that the Koppa Tengu are weak to ice, so Panther, you back up Fox, and Skull you're with me. Mona, stick back and focus on healing." Joker declared, with Panther cracking her whip on the floor in response.

"Right! Come out, Carmen! Maragi!" Panther called, ripping off her mask to summon her Persona, who waved her hand to create a wave of fire.

Both of the Kurama Tengu's goons were burned by the attack, but with a single flap of his wings, their main opponent flew up, and narrowly avoided the attack.

"For real?! It can freaking fly!"

One of the Koppa Tengue then proceeded to perform a chant, covering the larger Tengu in an aura that powered it up and with a flap of its wings, it used its feathers like projectiles that flew towards Thieves.

"Shit! Move!" Joker called, as they jumped out of the way from the incoming attack.

"You've gotta be kidding me! They can power him up too!."

"Then we'll just need to take care of them first, Fox think you can take care of that" Mona asked, as the newest Thief nodded.

"Very well, COME! GOE-" "Shit! Move!."

Skull then rushed in and shoved Fox out of the way as the Kurama Tengu moved in to punch him, with Skull taking the hit.

"SKULL!" Joker and Panther yelled, as he was sent flying back.

"Damn it" Panther growled, as she and Joker took out their guns and began firing at the Kurama Tengu but the smaller Tengu's used another chant to raise its defence, protecting the main target.

"Mona, switch Skull! Panther you two will keep the big guy busy" Joker called, with Panther and Mona nodding.

"Take this!" Panther yelled, as she struck the Shadow with her whip but the Shadow raised its arm blocking her attack.

"My turn!" Mona growled, gritting his teeth while moving in to slash the Shadow across the chest.

The Koppa Tengu were about to do another chant to help the big guy but Joker and Fox moved in front of them.

"Gonna need you to back me up Fox, COME! JACK FROST!" "Indeed, let us do it together! GOEMON!"

"Hee HO!" Jack Frost sang, as he and Goemon materialised behind them, Jack Frost throwing snowball-like attacks that clearly hurt the Koppa Tengu.

"Come! Now you face the wrath of Goemon!" Declared Goemon, who shot snowball-like bullets out of his staff at the Koppa Tengu, pelting them to bits with each shot.

With both combined attacks, the Koppa Tengu were destroyed giving the Thieves the chance to finish off the Kurama Tengu.

"Here goes nothing! Carmen! Dormina!" Ann called, letting Carmen cast a spell that caused the Shadow to become drowsy.

"And now for a wake up call! ZORRO!" Mona yelled, summoning his Persona who took the chance to move in to punch the Shadow in the face causing it to crash towards the ground.

"Now's our chance! All out attack!" The four thieves then rushed in before jumping into the air, attacking the shadow in all directions before dashing past him.

The four of them then striked a pose, with Joker fixing his glove, Mona crossing his arms with a grin, Panther doing a cute pose with a peace sign and Fox striking a dramatic pose.

Behind them we see energy in Kurama Tengu burst out before he exploded behind them.

"Ugh" Skull groaned, rubbing his head as he got up "God that thing could punch hard."

"You okay Ryuji?" Joker asked, looking over at him as Skull joined up with the others.

"Yeah, sorry I couldn't do much back there" Skull apologised, but Fox shook his head.

"No apologies needed, if it wasn't for you I would have been in the same place" Fox smiled "Though I have to admit, that was quite exhilarating."

Joker and Panther spotted Fox's tail wagging due to his excitement, making the two smile.

"Guys!" Mona called, after going to the Security Room to check it out "Looks like the rest of the way is blocked off by a locked door and they changed the password to the security monitor after last time."

"For real!...Actually yeah, that makes sense" Skull sighed, rubbing his head.

"What do we do now, should we try interrogating a Shadow?" Panther asked, but Mona smirked.

"No need, I spotted some of the Shadow's talking to each other on the monitor. Apparently there was a hint about the password, something to do with feet" Mona explained.

"Huh? That's kind of a weird fe-""I think they were talking about the statue from earlier."

"Ugh so we have to go all the way back there" Panther groaned, slumping a bit.

"It shouldn't take too long, I believe I know what the hint was referring too" Fox said, as Joker looked at him.

"You do? Well alrighty then lead the way, Fox. Consider this your training." Joker smiled, bumping his shoulder a bit.

"I will do my best then, leader!" Fox smiled, his tail wagging excitedly.

As Yusuke let the Phantom Thieves backtracked to the place where the Golden statue was and kept away from the powerful guard.

"I recognized this plaque from earlier," He pointed out.

"Huh, I guess that explains why there's a powerful Shadow protecting." Mona grimaced as he looked at the statue.

Panther crouched to the base of the statue, finding the plaque. "Looks like there's something written here too…"

"Here we praise our most holy lord Ichiryusai Madarame, the one ray of hope in this depraved world. He stands alone as his two adept hands paint into the future. None shall ever match his excellence."

Skull scoffed, crossing his arms "Dickhead really likes puffing' his chest out, huh?"

Joker took a closer look at the actual feet of the Statue but sighed in defeat "I don't see any engraving on the feet, maybe it's something else."

"The plaque does mention numbers," Fox pointed out, "'One' ray of hope, standing 'alone', 'two' adept hands, and 'none' shall ever match him…perhaps that is the code they are referring to?"

"Kinda feels like a stretch…but it's not like we have any other leads, so we might as well try." Mona shrugged as they were about but then.

"WHAT THE?! WHO ARE YOU!" The powerful Shadow yelled, rushing towards the Thieves.

"OH COME ON!" They yelled in annoyance as they proceeded to fight Shadow.

A few minutes later

Third person P.O.V.

After taking care of the Strong Shadow, the group returned to the security room to gain access thanks to the password which was 1120, allowing them to unlock the locked doors.

When the group continued onward, they had to stop for a moment as Fox looked amazed at the gigantic paintings.

"The artistry!" Fox grinned, admiring the giant paintings. "This painting is so realistic, it looks like you could step straight into it!"

"Yeah but, this doesn't look anything like the paintings in the places around the Palace" Skull noted.

"Now that you mention it, these paintings look a lot more like the ones from the gallery we went to" Panther noticed, looking up at the giant paintings.

"Maybe these paintings are the one's Madarame stole from his students," Morgana guessed, as Joker took a closer look.

"I wonder…" he muttered, before reaching his hand forward and much to his surprise, his hand was submerged into a painting like water "Woah!."

"Joker, you oka-woah!" Skull yelped, as Joker pulled his hand out of the painting "Dude, how did you do that."

"I remembered seeing the silhouette of someone in one of these paintings, so I thought maybe we could enter them and go through it to get up there," Joker explained, pointing to the higher floor.

"Okay but could we even get out on our own? Back in the real world I couldn't move at all until Yusuke grabbed me" Panther asked, as Joker shoved his hand back into the painting.

"Seems like it" Joker answered while waving his hand.

The Thieves then one by one entered into the painting, and when they entered a voice began ringing in their ears.

"How dare you trample on my tranquil bamboo garden with those grimy feet! You shall not leave alive!"

"What the heck was that?!" Skull gulped, looking around.

"I'm guessing we're hearing Madarame's inner thoughts, nothing to panic about" Mona guessed, crossing his arms.

"So he keeps his innermost thoughts he wants secret within these paintings like what he did to the others…" Fox growled, gripping his hand.

The group moved forward through the painting, even being able to even jump into the second painting before leaping out of the painting onto the higher floor.

"Whoa! That was freaking crazy" Skull gulped, as he looked around.

"To truly dive into the world of painting! This truly is an amazing experience!" Fox grinned, looking up "I must go in again!."

"No, no, no, no!" The other cried, as they began dragging Fox away.

"Awwwwwww"

Later on

Third person P.O.V.

"Hah!" Joker yelled, as he and the other Thieves were currently fighting a Shiki-ouji Shadow

After the group secured the Safe room, they continued onward to the next room which had even more of the gigantic paintings, but we're soon noticed by one of the strong shadows.

"Take this!" Fox yelled, as he slashed downward at large Shadow they were currently fighting

"My turn!" Panther called, giving Fox a high five before rushing in and removing her mask "Carmen! Dormina!"

The Shadow was shot with a pink gas from Panther's Persona causing it to get drowsy.

"Let me, Lady Ann!" Mona grinned, jumping into the air and high fiving Panther.

"Give me a boost! ZORRO!" Mona called, jumping into the air while summoning his Persona who used a wind attack to throw the not-cat forward.

"Hah!" Mona yelled, delivering a power slash that caused to stumble a bit while Mona leapt back and high fived Skull.

"WRECK EM UP CAPTAIN!" Skull smirked, summoning his Persona who fired an electricity blast from its cannon arm knocking the Shadow to its knees.

"Now's our chance! All out attack!" All five then rushed in before jumping into the air, attacking the shadow in all directions before dashing past him.

All five then struck a pose, with Joker fixing his glove, Skull doing a rock out sign, Mona crossing his arms with a grin, Panther doing a cute pose with a peace sign and Fox striking a dramatic pose.

Behind them we see the Shikiouji shadow blowing up behind him.

"Okay guys, let's keep going" Joker smiled, looking back at the others before they dashed ahead only to see several more giant paintings.

"Holy shit!" Skull gawked, looking up at the giant paintings

"Looks like we got no other choice but to go through that" Mona guessed, looking up at the large painting.

"Ah! Excellent!" Yusuke grinned as the others sweatdropped.

'He's like a little kid' They thought, before they proceeded to move in closer to the large paintings.

"Hmm I do notice some of them are blank" Fox pointed out as they looked up at two of the paintings being grey.

"Maybe they're just flat ground?" Panther gulped a bit looking at the paintings

"Or maybe they're like a bottomless pit." Skull grinned, only to be pushed back by Panther.

"Stop trying to freak me out Skull!"

"Indeed! Nonsense!" Fox said with a smile, "A blank canvas merely holds infinite potential!"

"Yeah, like an infinite abyss." Skull added.

"Hmm, maybe we need to fill them in somehow?" Joker guessed, looking at the paintings "We'll just have to go in there and see what happens."

"Alas, this world is a desert filled with laymen who can't understand true beauty! The slow drain of my skills is inevitable when I am surrounded by such mediocrity"

"Blaming society for a lack of inspiration, huh?" Skull scoffed, as they stood in the painting which was of a desert with several camels "Tch, that bastard probably never had any real talent to begin with."

The group continued on, walking through the desert environment with the frozen camels before jumping into the next painting which had a cloudy floor and Mt Fuji in the background framed by a large red by a large Torii.

"The gods, even in their dormancy, are worshipped constantly! People gather under shrine gates, offer their money and return home fully satisfied! While the ones who oppose them are punished! Art is practically the same! In the end, it's all just a matter of imagination! And it is right of me to punish those who get in my way"

"What the?! Even if that's true that doesn't give him the right to be deceiving people" Panther growled, gripping her hand "He's completely ignoring all of the fraud stuff

"Calling what he's doing to his students a 'just punishment' he really is distorted…" Joker scoffed, before looking over at Fox who was looking down "You okay?."

"Indeed, I just wasn't expecting to hear all of this from my old sensei" Fox sighed, as they continued onward "Though I do wonder if he truly had no skill, how did he get his representation, including the Sayuri itself, that was there long before he started taking in students."

"That's…actually a good question" Joker muttered, before they heard Mona calling them.

"Looks like we can get through the Torii…" Mona stated, motioning towards the large red gate before the group walked through it, leading to a lush forest-like area with a large rock pillar above them.

"Hard work is not what makes a sapling grow thick with green leaves, too many young people do not see the true value of youth these days. What a fool he is wasting his talents like that… Is it truly wrong for an expert such as myself to capitalise on youth before it wastes away?"

"What the hell is he even talking about! It sounds like he's jealous of youth" Morgana scoffed, crossing his arms.

"Anyone else notice he was talking about someone?" Joker asked, making the others blink.

"Oh yeah, just kinda figured he was talking about one of his students" Skull shrugged, as Panther looked over at Fox.

"Do you have any idea who he could be talking about?" Panther asked, as Fox pondered the questions.

"No, I can't think of anyone that comes to mind…"

"Well we won't get any answers just standing here, let's just keep going" Joker suggested, with the others nodding.

After pressing a button sitting outside of the painting they were in, the Phantom Thieves were able to see that a new painting was made that looked like a boat at sea being pulled down by a monster which they quickly made their way towards.

"Could a ship skirt across the Ocean if its crew had to constantly worry about what sea life may lie below? Art, life, water… They are all identical. The one who ascends to the summer is the victor!] Don't really see how this one connects"

"Tch, he's using all these fancy words but he's basically saying people are just stepping stones! He crushed all of his students' dreams for his career! What a bastard!" Skull yelled, stomping his foot.

"Skull, calm down, get angry won't get us anywhere" Panther said, holding his shoulder.

"Hah, sorry just the more I hear about this guy the more he pisses me off" Skull scoffed, before looking over at Fox "No offence."

"It's fine, I actually agree with you" Fox nodded, before they jumped out the paintings again to press a button and quickly made their way towards the final painting which looked like the inside of a traditional japanese house.

"Beauty is merely a mirage… transforming that into money is what brings about true happiness. My fine mansion, my lifestyle among the chosen few…those things are the true art!"

"Hold up, Madarame's got a freaking mansion!" Skull gawked, while looking up.

"Well yeah, he mentioned that remember though I have to admit it was pretty hard to take in" Panther nodded, looking around.

"So even living in the Atelier was a part of your act as well…" Yusuke sighed. "That certainly brings up many questions."

"Yeah like why would he even go with the Atelier, you would imagine he would go to a better place like that" Morgana questioned "I mean there's a committing to a role and then there's this".

"Morgana's right, there's something not adding up here" Joker agreed, as they left the painting.

"Maybe we can find something out in the Will Seed area" Panther guessed.

"Will seed?" Fox asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Basically the manifestation of Madarame's fear and insecurities all merged together into one place" Mona explained, as they walked towards the door "It's not a bad idea to take a look, certainly helped us out last time, luckily I think I can sense it not too far from from here".

"Alright then that's where we'll be going next, come on guys" Joker nodded, before they walked through the nearby door.

Morgana proceeded to lead the group through the hallways, making sure to take cover and stay out of sight from Shadow's that may come their way.

Eventually, the Phantom Thieves arrived at where the Will Seed was. Luckily being on the opposite end of the next door they needed to go to.

"Phew, thank god we don't have to fall down a trap door into an Acid pit again" Skull sighed.

"If I may ask, what was in the last one all of you went too" Fox asked, looking over at the others.

"It was Kamoshida's cognitive version of All Might, he pretty much hated him for taking all Kamoshida's glory" Joker explained.

"I do wonder why this one was a lot easier to get than the last one…" Mona mumbled, crossing his arms.

"Well Madarame didn't sound like he hated this guy, more like he was confused and kind of frustrated with him" Panther reminded Mona who nodded.

"That is a fair point, well Joker you know what to do"

Joker nodded and took out his dagger before slashing the vines off the door "Okay here goes nothing".

With a push the group walked into the room, ready for anything only to see something they didn't expect.

"Hmm, hmm, hmm huh? Oh, yo!"

Standing there was a man that looked similar to Yusuke, being the same height and having a similar face as well as his eyes being the same, however the rest of him was very different. He has wild and messy red hair while wearing very baggy colourful clothes with a lot of them looking like they were inspired from different cultures. HIs Quirk gives him bird-like appearance like feathers coming from his arms and talons at the end of his fingers and toes, which is why he wears sandals.

The room around him looked to be some kind of art room with several paintings hung around the place, with the man standing in front of one that he was working on.

"Uh, who are you?" Skull asked, completely confused.

"Me? Call me Eiji, Eiji Kitagawa".

"EH?!"

Chapter Text

Willseed room

Third person P.O.V.

Morgana proceeded to lead the group through the hallways, making sure to take cover and stay out of sight from Shadow's that may come their way.

Eventually, the Phantom Thieves arrived at where the Will Seed was. Luckily being on the opposite end of the next door they needed to go to.

"Phew, thank god we don't have to fall down a trap door into an Acid pit again" Skull sighed.

"If I may ask, what was in the last one all of you went too" Fox asked, looking over at the others.

"It was Kamoshida's cognitive version of All Might, he pretty much hated him for taking all Kamoshida's glory" Joker explained.

"I do wonder why this one was a lot easier to get than the last one…" Mona mumbled, crossing his arms.

"Well Madarame didn't sound like he hated this guy, more like he was confused and kind of frustrated with him" Panther reminded Mona who nodded.

"That is a fair point, well Joker you know what to do"

Joker nodded and took out his dagger before slashing the vines off the door "Okay here goes nothing."

With a push the group walked into the room, ready for anything only to see something they didn't expect.

"Hmm, hmm, hmm huh? Oh, yo!"

Standing there was a man that looked similar to Yusuke, being the same height and having a similar face as well as his eyes being the same, however the rest of him was very different. He has wild and messy red hair while wearing very baggy colourful clothes with a lot of them looking like they were inspired from different cultures. HIs Quirk gives him bird-like appearance like feathers coming from his arms and talons at the end of his fingers and toes, which is why he wears sandals.

The room around him looked to be some kind of art room with several paintings hung around the place, with the man standing in front of one that he was working on.

"Uh, what are you doing here?" Skull asked, completely confused.

"Me? Oh, well I'm just working on some paintings is all" he smiled, before continuing his paintings.

The paintings itself did look interesting, clearly being abstract paintings but with lots of colours. Such as one that was a mix of brown and green but with flashes of rainbow like colour or another that looked like grey with a mix of blue but with splashes of yellow faded in.

"Wait…these look a lot like some of Madarame's early work before he made the Sayuri back when he was first getting noticed" Panther looked at the paintings.

"You think these are Madarame's?" he blinked, looking at the group who slowly nodded.

"Well as long as people get to see them I don't really mind" he shrugged, getting back to work.

"Um…who exactly are you?" Panther asked, raising an eyebrow as the young man looked at them.

"Me? Call me Eiji, Eiji Kitagawa."

"EH?!"

"Huh? Is something wrong?" Eiji blinked, looking at the thieves confused.

"Ah jeez, how do we explain this…" Mona sweatdropped, rubbing his head.

"Fox, do you wanna…Fox?" Joker blinked, only to see Fox looking down and shaking.

"Fox…you oka-" "MAGNIFICENT!"