The door closed with a click. Minato and Yu had watched as Akira left the apartment. They wanted to get some answers out of him. How come Maya, Tatsuya, and Naoya just disappeared when they went into the hallway? Did he kidnap them?

I went with Yu out of our apartment. We followed Akira as he walked through the streets. I realized something, and it sent a shiver down my spine.

"Yu...There's nobody outside. I don't hear any noise either. But the sky looks normal."

Yu looked around to confirm what I'd just said. We were about to look around more when I realized that Akira was almost out of our sight. We ran after him, ducking behind rouge trash cans and bushes while trailing him. We ended in Yongen-Jaya. 

"Why didn't he just take the train? Or the subway?" I complained.

Yu nodded. Akira went down to the subway station, with a smile on his face. Yu and I groaned as we saw that.

"SERIOUSLY?! He goes into a subway away from the apartment? Maybe he's not smart enough to be in college...." Yu muttered.

I tugged at his shirt and told him to go. We ran into the subway. The lights were dim and a strange miasma filled the air. It looked like Yu was feeling it too. This subway station was definitely not safe. Once we got to the bottom of the stairs, I realized Yu and I were not in our original clothes. 

I wore a bright blue vest over a simple long-sleeved dress shirt. A black ribbon was tied around my neck, and I also wore a blue top hat. My pants and shoes were black, and I wore a mask that I couldn't see.

Yu also changed clothes. He had a gray overcoat, a dark dray vest, black shoes, black pants, a white shirt, and a black tie. His mask was black and silver. The black complemented his silver hair, making both stand out with out disturbing the other's beauty. 

We stopped for a minute before brushing the random costume change off. We ran down the stairs, and occasionally I'd trip over the point of my unnaturally pointy shoes.

We rounded the corner and saw a group of cosplaye- No. We saw Akira with a bunch of Trick or Tre- No. We saw Akira with a bunch of young adults, all of which were in costume. Kinda like Yu and I.

They all stood around, smiling and laughing. Even Morgana was there in his shadow form. That's when a girl with orange hair and goggles pointed towards them.

"There! There are 2 people here in the Mementos with us! Inari, go check it out!"

"Why me?" A boy with a Kitsune mask complained.

"Because you're Inari." she said this like it was perfectly obvious. 

Akira laughed and steeped towards them. When he spoke, his voice was different than it usually was. It was the voice he used during the Dark Hour. Full of danger and wildness. Yu and I stepped out. As soon as we did, a girl with a feathered hat squealed.

"They're so cute! Aren't their costumes so pretty? 

A boy with a silver skull mask came up close and inspected them.

"For Real?!! They already have personas? Are they like Akechi-Kun? I hope not..."

Akira laughed and wrapped his arm around my back. He grabbed Yu by the arm and brought him forward as well. "These are my new roomies, Minato Arisato and Yu Narukami. And yes, they already have personas. But, they are not evil like Akechi-Kun. They actually recently helped Mona and I."

A girl with a silver mask and a black scarf came up to them. She held out her hand to Yu and I. "My name's Makoto Nijima. I'm known as Queen here in Mementos."

"I'm Ann Takamaki, AKA Panther."

"I'm Ryuji Sakamato, and I'm also Skull, the greatest persona user ever."

"Shut up Skull, you're annoying and crude. Can't you see these people only appreciate fine things like art. I'm Yusuke Kitagawa, known as Fox by my comrades."

"Inari too! I'm Futaba Sakura, and I known as Navi by my friends. Cool masks."

"I'm Haru Okumura, heiress to Okumura Foods, and I'm called Noir by my friends."

They seemed like nice people. Something didn't fit though. Yu said my thoughts out loud. "Why are Naoya, Tatsuya, and Maya missing from our beds and couch? Did you do anything to them?"

Akira looked surprised before he burst out laughing. "They're fine. I just brought you into a space like the Midnight Channel. Everything's the same as our world, except for in the subways. Basically, if anything, you're the ones I kidnapped."

Yu and I nodded in thought. I accidentally said one of my thoughts aloud. "Why are they here? What's the purpose of being here?"

The others looked at each other in reluctance. They had a secret. Eventually,  Futaba shoved Yusuke forward. "You tell them, Inari."

Yusuke and Futaba fought as Akira, Makoto, Ann and Morgana shook their heads sadly. Morgana stepped forward. "We're a group of notorious thieves known as The Phantom Thieves of Hearts. We steal people's most valuable item and-"

Makoto ran and covered Morgana's mouth. "We aren't bad or evil, I swear! We've even fought an evil god!"

This set off even more alarms. I needed to get some answers out of these Phantom Thieves. But, apparently Thanatos wanted too see me at the time. I fell to my knees, and crawled into the fetal position. I needed to be in the most uncomfortable position so I could stay awake longer. 

"Yu, Akira, I need to go to sleep.... Please put me somewhere safe. I've occasionally summoned....." I fell asleep before I could finish. 

I awoke in my old dorm room. Green moonlight streamed through my window. I sat on my bed waiting. The door eventually opened and a figure in black with and crown of red poppies entered. I scooted over on my bed. I was going to greet him when I saw another figure step in through the door. I scooted further. 

"Hello Thanatos. Who's the friend you have with you? You've never brought anyone with you before. Even back then..." I said as Thanatos and his friend sat down beside me. He laughed. The black cloak that had hid his face shook loose under the poppy crown, revealing his face. It was the older, slightly different face of my old friend, Pharos. 

"This guy I've brought with me is Elizabeth's little brother, Felix. He was going to see you in the Velvet Room later this week, but he was so excited to see you I brought him with me."

Felix squirmed. He looked at Thanatos and said something to him. Thanatos nodded. Felix got up, energetically, and started cartwheeling. I got to see what he looked like as he started doing yoga in the moonlight. He had wild longish blond hair like Elizabeth, golden eyes, and a blue tailcoat with a blue velvet top hat. The top hat had a symbol like a golden V on it. 

He was the most energetic person he'd ever met. He seemed to be moving faster than the Flash, one of Junpei's favorite comic book characters. Even though Junpei was able to find one comic book like this, and it was in English, Junpei read it so many times he memorized it. I wondered if he still had it after these long 6 years. 

Finally, Felix stopped moving. He smiled at me.

"I forgot to tell you something. Sorry, this is my first tim eout of the Velvet Room. Margaret and Theo are strict and Lavenza, my twin, is too obedient. Elizabeth went outside, so I figured I could accept Thanatos's offer. Speaking of Elizabeth, you will be able too see her soon."

I got up. If I could see Elizabeth...

"But, you can't do it now. Igor is gonna need you in about 4 minutes. I need to go." 

He vanished as he walked out of my room. Thanatos laughed. 

"He definitely is my favorite Clerval by far. I need to go too. Dad's requesting my presence. I'll see you soon, Minato."

He too vanished. I fell back on my bed and sighed. Is this what college like? Good lord, Mitsuru was crazy for going back for her Master's.

I fell asleep with the green light saying farewell to me as I closed my eyes. Time to go see Igor again. Yay.