Title: "The Theiveing begins!"

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He was being peaceful on his walk to his school,Shujin.

His bag was slung over his right shoulder,not helping his slight back problem but that wasn't important to him at this exact moment.

Most people would talk to their friends as they walk into class,but his he hasn't talked to them in a while.

Our main character,(Y/n) (L/n),fixed his jacket and thought about his next opportunity with school.
He was technically a "new student," but he was not willing to fail like he always used to when it came to introducing himself.

He would introduce himself and be a normal student!
Yeah,It's gonna be just fine for him.

(Y/n)'s facial expression showed nothing of how he thought.
He was wearing a blank tired facial expression while his mind was nothing of the sort.

"I'll be fine,I just gotta fake it 'til I make it.....what's the worse that happens,I fail introducing myself to the class because I have an attractive teacher? Nah,That won't happen!"
(Y/n) talked to himself and then laughed at his rhetorical question,but then his laughing faded with the crushing reality that the situation he described could've been what happened.

"I really hope I don't have a good looking teacher.....I won't be able to focus if my teacher is good looking......."

(Y/n) took a deep breath in through his nose and then exhaled through his nose too.

"I know that I'm supposed to breath in through my nose then exhale from my mouth but actually opening my mouth for my health? Pshh,That's way to much effort."

(Y/n) spoke to himself once more,noticing the looks of confusion that other students were giving him,but not stopping for a few strange looks because they were nothing new.

"I need to go to the office,Then I can get my class so I can then go to it.That seems pretty simple."

What (Y/n) looked like and sounded like was completely separate than what was actually happening inside.

His heart was beating at an absurdly intense rate,and he had butterflies in his stomach.

Like,Imagine you were riding a bike to class and your crush waved at you so you waved back,but in doing that you weren't paying attention and hot someone with your bike.
They weren't hurt but the pure guttural embarrassment would cause you to rise all the way around the school to get to your class,Even though it may have been right in front of you.

Yeah,That feeling.

(Y/n) saw a blonde female student get in a car with a creepy teacher.

(Y/n) also saw a blonde boy who was bring pretty vulgar.

(Y/n) never liked introducing himself to people who seemed like the bad crowd so he just steered clear of him.

He got his class from the Principle,that gave off many bad vibes,and introduced himself to his classmates.

When that was done with,All of the built up stress completely left him.

He was put in the back seat by the window,which he enjoyed because people sitting behind him would make him paranoid.

It was a pretty simple day,(Y/n) was glad that no one really felt the need to talk to him.
It was easier without him having to worry about how people think or what he should end up saying to them.

He went back to his home and found that his parents were out on date night.
He didn't do anything out of the normal,He took a hot satisfying shower and instead of going straight to sleep he stayed up til 3 a.m. and wrote in his journal of everything that happened.

It was raining on his walk to school but he was incredibly tired and lazy so he just went without an umbrella.
Of course he was basically soaked when he got to class but that didn't matter too much.

He kept on hearing the name Takamaki in others mouth's and they always were speaking poorly of her.
(Y/n) would've spoke out about it but that wouldn't have helped him at all.

(Y/n) focused in on his teacher who (Y/n) didn't like the aura that surrounded him but he didn't want to prematurely judge.

"I'm the social studies teacher Mr. Ushimaru. I'll be teaching you the rules of society this year."

He had a spent voice that bored (Y/n) to death,so much so that he couldn't help but look around the classroom.

It was most certainly boring looking especially because all the students were wearing the exact same thing,with a single blond haired girl as an outlier.

"Hmph....You all look like you've been spoiled growing up."
(Y/n) grained his teeth up against each other in boredom but his face stayed the same.

"Before we learn society's rules,maybe I should start with the rules of being a decent human being."
(Y/n) actually looked at his teacher and saw that he had a blue tie with white spots on it.
His teacher also had glasses that had rectangular lens.

"Hey New Kid."
(Y/n) started focusing as his heart sped up again,He was definitely new so there was no other student that the teacher could've been talking to.

(Y/n)'s face stayed surprisingly stoic as he turned to face his teacher,but he realized that he wasn't being spoken to but the kid who was also apparently new.

That did make sense to (Y/n) as the kid definitely wasn't there yesterday like he was today.

"The Greek philosopher Plato divided the human soul into three parts.
A soul is composed of appetite,spirit,and what else?"

(Y/n) had vaguely remembered what the third one was,Logic.

"Logic."

The students voice was smooth,but not full of himself.

(Y/n) had heard the rumors of him being a thug of sorts,but at the moment he couldn't believe them.

"So you got it right eh? Plato's teacher,Socrates,said that evil is born from ignorance.People who've been babief,taught that evil is due to individuality,can only become society's scum."

(Y/n) unconsiously rubbed his chin as if he had a beard.

"Wow,He really got that right...is he really a delinquent?"
A black haired student murmmered to her friend.

"He seems like a punk,but maybe he's serious about studying?"

'Noooo people not being one dimensional stereotypes?! Impossible.'
(Y/n) thoughts were just dripping with sarcasm that he really wanted to say but he knew that could make a bad impression.

"Bizarre events are happening recently,those are because of such scum.We don't want crude people like that in this school.Understood?"
The teacher finished up his statement and the day went on.

(Y/n) stepped out of class behind the "punk" and saw the same girl from earlier being talked to by the exact same creepy teacher from earlier.

"Hey Takamaki,You looking for a ride home? Things have been pretty dangerous lately with all those accidents."

(Y/n) was reading Takamaki's body language and could tell that she didn't want to talk nor be anywhere near this teacher.

"Sorry,I have a photoshoot today.It's for the special summer issue,so I can't afford to miss it...."

If her body language wasn't a clear enough indicater,the way she spoke seemed off,like she was desperately wanting to get away.

(Y/n) started to read the teacher's body language and could tell that he thought he was the best of all.

Like he was the King of the Castle.

"Hey,now...Being a model's fine and dandy,but don't work your pretty little self to the bone."

(Y/n) let puffed up his cheeks with air and swished the air around as if he was swishing around water,yet he kept the same stoic facial expression.

He let his face relax once more as he paid attention to the conversation once more.

"You mentioned you weren't feeling well,right? Something about appendicitis?"
The teacher asked,seeming to be concerned.

"Yes.I keep planing to go to the hospital, but I've been too busy....sorry to worry you."
Her words were shallow and without emotion.

"You must be lonely too.I feel bad for keeping your best friend at practice do often."

"That's why I asked you out in the first place.Oh,and....be careful around those transfer students.They both have terrible backgrounds,after all.If something were to happen to you...."

"...Thank you."

(Y/n) completely disregarded the indirect insult that was directed at him,He was much more interested in the girl's problem.

"Please excuse me."

As she walked away,the teacher scoffed at her and then proceeded to walk off himself.

(Y/n) walled around the "Punk" and stuck out his hand,for a handshake.

"I'm (Y/n) (L/n),I wanted to properly introduce myself."

The glasses wearing black-haired teen took (Y/n)'s hand and gave a respectable handshake.

"Akira Kusuru,Nice to meet you."

(Y/n) and Akira walked out the front entrance together to see the blonde vulgar kid from earlier.

"Yo."

"What's up?"

"I wanna talk about that castle from yesterday."

The blonde saw (Y/n) and looked back at Akira.

"Who's this?"

"(Y/n) (L/n),A friend."

(Y/n) picked up that they had something more personal than he had any right to know about so he just said his goodbyes and started to walk away.

Alita and Ryuji tried to retrace their steps and always ended up back at the school.
(Y/n) realized that he forgot his book of writing prompts in class so he went back to get it but felt dizzy on his way back out.

He fell over due to the sudden dizziness and when he got back up he saw Ryuji and a guy wearing a mask.

They were talking to a cat with a giant head that was standing on hits hind legs.

(Y/n) hid behind a barrel and listened in on what they were saying bu g before they even started speaking again a yell off pain came from inside the school.
(Y/n) looked over to see that it wasn't a school,but a castle!

He also realized that the barrel that he was hiding behind wasn't there before.

"This is becoming very very strange....."
(Y/n) spoke to himself even in the intense situation.

"We saw other guys held captive here yesterday...I'm pretty sure they're from our school."

"Most likely on Kamoshida's orders.Its nothing out of the ordinary;it's like that every day here."

"What's more,You two escaped yesterday.He must have lost his temper quite a bit."

(Y/n)'s stomach started to twist into knots at the intense and confusing situation.

"That son of a bitch!"

"Ryuji...?"

'So that's his name?'
(Y/n) had heard of Sakamoto being what people called him in the rumors so Ryuji must've been his first name.

"This is bullshit!"

He tried to force the huge door open,but failed without changing anything.

"You hear me Kamoshida!"

(Y/n) knew that he may have made an error by connecting the dots now but it made since to him that this castle may have belonged to that teacher from before somehow and his name was Kamoshida.

"Doing that isn't going to open it,you know? Still,it seems you have your reasons."

"Hey Monamona!"
He was talking to the cat.

"It's Morgana!"

"Do you know where those voices are coming from?"

"You want me to take you to them?"

"....I could take you there but only if he comes with us."
The cat pointed at the masked man with his small arm.

"Let's go."

That voice alerted (Y/n),That was most certainly Akira.

Morgana went inside the castle after Akira agreed and then (Y/n) came out from behind the barrel.

"I would love some sort of explanation,Akira,Ryuji."

They both looked surprised as to why he was in the strange world.

Akira explained to the best of his abilities and (Y/n) picked up on it pretty fast.
The fact that this was an extremely strange world didn't sit well with (Y/n) but he figured that he would get over it....eventually.

Ryuji and Akira offered that (Y/n) would and should come with them to guarantee his safety but he denied,figuring out a way to return to the normal world.

"You guys coming?"

Morgana came back out to see (Y/n) and looked at Ryuji.

"What did you do?"

"W-what I didn't do shit!"

Akira explained the situation to Morgana and (Y/n) left the Palace.

He was drained when he left even though he did the equivalent to nothing.

He arrived to his new home to see his new guardian just closing up her donut shop.

Her short blue hair swayed back and forth as she danced and cleaned up the tables.

"Hey Miss Lori."

The blue beauty turned around to see her new resident.

"Oh Hi (Y/n)! How was your day today? Do I need to beat up some kids? I will!"

(Y/n) chuckled at her antics and waved her off.

He sat down his bag and started walking towards the kitchen so he could pick up a broom to help her.

He was starting to sweep but was interrupted by Lori snatching the broom and starting to sweep.

"You just had a tough day at school right? Go have your sleep,I'll be fine!"

(Y/n) sighed and grabbed his bag.

He started on his way to his room,but stopped in his tracks when he heard Lori call out to him.

He turned around and quickly made sure to get back to Lori.

She had her arms outstretched for a hug.

"I need my hug before you leave!"

(Y/n) let out another sigh but smiled at his guardians child-like attitude.

He gave her a huge and pushed down the feeling of embarrassment because of her chest pushing up against his.

(Y/n) then finally got to his room and laid down.

He slept and woke up the next day refreshed for the day.

He got up and went to school after riding the trains and walking.
He event got some coffee from Leblanc since it was pretty close to the donut shop,named Dreamin' Donuts.

(Y/n) got to school and heard that a volleyball game was gonna happen and that it would be students versus adults.

(Y/n) also heard some people talking about Kamoshida being aggressive when it comes to volleyball.

(Y/n) felt a light switch being flipped when he linked Kamoshida to being aggressive.

(Y/n) got to his seat and thought that there would be no problem for the day.
He knew that he needed to figure out what Kamoshida was doing because everything points to a "hidden level," as he called it.

He paid attention to brown messy haired teacher with a yellow shirt that held white thin stripes on it.

Even from the back of the classroom (Y/n) could tell that she was beautiful.
His face flushed as he tried to think about anything that wasn't his teacher's cute face.

"Oh....Ms. Kawakami's our homeroom teacher,I didn't know."
A girl spoke questioningly that gave (Y/n) his teacher's name and the nice information that she was the homeroom teacher.

"As you all know,today is the volleyball rally.Head to gymnasium once you've changed.Got it?"

(Y/n) let out a small "yeah," that he knew nobody heard but that encapsulated what he was feeling perfectly.

(Y/n) and Akira got changed then headed to the gym.

A teacher team was playing against a student one and Kamoshida jumped up and spiked.
(Y/n) had played volleyball before with his sister and he could tell that the spike wasn't to get the point as much as to hit the student.

Gladly the student wasn't hit in the face but (Y/n) could still feel the Bad intent in Kamoshida's moves.

"Hey Ryuji."

Ryuji looked at (Y/n) and let go of his facial expression that obviously was a scowl directed towards Kamoshida.

"What's up?"

"Can I help the next time you guys go onto the Palace? I don't like what Kamoshida is doing either."

"If Akira is fine with it and your fine with being possibly hurt let alone killed,It's fine."

"Yeah,I'm down for that."

"Akira?"

Alita focused in on the small conversation and nodded.

Ryuji held up a fist and (Y/n) bumped it with his own.

(Y/n) looked over to his right and saw Takamaki sitting sadly by her lonesome.

She looked very alluring,almost like a princess.

(Y/n) attention was brought back to the game when Kamoshida spiked and seemingly accidentally hitting a boy in his face.

(Y/n) felt the smugness Kamoshida held and disliked it.
(Y/n) didn't have anything specifically bad against Kamoshida but if his hunch feeling was right then he had quite a bit against Kamoshida.

"And how he acted like he was worried about Mishima? What an abusive d-bag....!"

(Y/n) listened to Ryuji speaking after he got his carbonated drink.

"...Well anyways."

Ryuji explained to (Y/n) their situation and their plan for the day.
(Y/n) felt like he wouldn't be able to help too much but he still stuck around Akira and Ryuji while they were asking some students about Kamoshida's physical abuse.

He heard a few people talking about him and Akira being two punks that shouldn't be hanging out with each other after Ryuji split up from them to cover more ground.

After the game concluded,(Y/n) and Akira got prepared to meet Ryuji do they could talk about what they found.

"Hey can I talk to you for a moment?"

(Y/n) saw Takamaki walking up to Akira.
He acted nonchalant about it and started to walk away but realistically just stopped around the corner so he could listen in on their conversation.

"It'll be quick."

"Anyway,What's with you? Like,how you were late the other day was a lie and all....There's that weird rumor about you and your friend too.Where ever he went...."

"Whaddya what with them?"
Ryuji entered the conversation with (Y/n) opening his M&Ms while he walks behind Ryuji.

"Right back at you.You're not even in our class."

"...We just happened to get to know eachother."

"What're you planning on doing to Mr. Kamoshida?"

"Huh?!.....I see. I getcha.You're all buddy-buddy with Kamoshida after all."

"This has nothing to do with you, Sakamoto!"

"If you found out what he's been doin' behind your back,you'd dump him right away."

(Y/n) ate another one of the small candies as he saw that Ryuji hit a soft spot of sorts.

"Behind my back...?"

"What's that supposed to mean...?"

Ryuji slouched and rejected Takamaki's question.

"You wouldn't get it."

"Anyway,People are already talking about you three.I don't know what you're trying to pull,but no one's gonna help you.I'm warning you,just in case.That's all."

Takamaki walked away and the tense aura left with her.

Ryuji kicked the nonexistent rocks.

"Why's she gotta be do aggressive all the time...?"

"You know her?"

"We just went to the same middle school. Anyways,That's not what were here to talk about! I had no luck on my end.What about you guys?"

"Did anything like someone's name turn up?"

"Mishima."

(Y/n) answered,finishing up his candy and throwing away the wrapper.

Akira told Ryuji about the "Special coaching."

"True.I always see the guy covered in bruises."

"Let's go talk to him before he leaves then."

(Y/n),Ryuji,and Akira walked around and found Mishima about to leave the school.

"Hey,Got a second?"

"Sakamoto...?"

"And you both..?!"

"C'mon,we just wanna chat.Kamoshida's been "coaching" you huh? You sure it's not just physical abuse?"

Mishima backed up and got defensive.

"Certainly not!"

"What're you talkin' all polite for? Anyways...We saw him spike you today,Right in the face too."

"That was just because I'm not good at the sport."

(Y/n) saw that Mishima didn't have much confidence due to his hunched over back and his small gestures.

"...Still That doesn't explain all the other bruises you've got."
Ryuji countered.

(Y/n) started to eat some gummy bears,after he opened the annoying packaging.

"They're from practice....!"
(Y/n) noticed the sudden shift that Mishima had,like he was trying to protect something.

"Is he forcin' you to keep quiet?"
Ryuji lowered his tone and directed his comment straight towards Mishima.

Mishima looked away and didn't make eye contact.

"That's...."

Kamoshida walked up,acting all high and mighty.

"What's going on here?"

"Mishima,isn't it time for practice?"
Kamoshida questioned.

(Y/n) had a feeling of his stomach twisting,and wondered what it was.

"I-I'm not feeling well today...."
Mishima couldn't even tell Kamoshida no without doubt.
(Y/n) was going to step in and say something,but restricted himself.

"What? Maybe you're better off quiting then."

That definetly caught Mishima's attention.

"You're never going to improve that crappy form unless you show up to practice."

Ryuji was about to step up on Kamoshida,but (Y/n) did it for him.

"It would be unfortunate if he got sick and couldn't go to practice for multiple days,so it would be better of he just didn't go for one.You an Olympic medalist should know about that right?"

"Well,Mishima? Are you coming to practice or not?"
Kamoshida didn't ignore (Y/n),although it certainly looked like he did.

"...I'll go."
Mishima crumbled under Kamoshida and it irritated (Y/n) to see it happen.

Kamoshida walked closer to (Y/n),(Y/n) readied himself for a little brawl.

"You aren't a Gold medalist are you? Then stay out of my business,Any trouble from you and you'll be gone from this school."

"Uhuh,I'm listening to everything a King like you says."
(Y/n) snarkily replied to Kamoshida,hoping to see Kamoshida do something stupid.

Kamoshida looked around (Y/n) at Ryuji and Akira.

"The same goes for you two."

Kamoshida walked off and (Y/n) knew where Sakamoto's hatred came from directly.

After telling the three that helping would be pointless,Mishima walked after Kamoshida.

"Dammit....."
Ryuji looked dejected once again.

"What now?"
Akira asked.

"I'll try one more time to persuade the other guys.That's......all I can do."

(Y/n) went home and found that Lori went home early due to some inconveniences.

He got a group text from Ryuji complaining about the problem then he got to know that Takamaki's first name was Ann.

(Y/n) fell asleep and woke up,prepared for yet another day of school.

(Y/n) got to class and mid lesson got another group text message from Ryuji about trying to get information out of Takamaki or Ann.

(Y/n) thought it was a decent idea.
After school he went to go get a soda,but saw Ann speaking to a girl with Black hair so he didn't go.
He just stood by and listened to then talking.

"That bruise above your eye,Is that from practice too?"

"Y-Yeah."

"Are you sure you're not pushing yourself too hard?"

"I'm Ok...Volleyball's the only thing I can do right...."

Ann's phone started ringing,which spooked (Y/n) because of how sudden it was.

"Should you take that?"

"It's probably just my part-time job....I think."

"I....should get going."

(Y/n) didn't like her voice tone,it wasn't her fault but it sounded like she was wanting to die,He had heard that sound once before.

"Shiho....Are you sure you're Ok?"

"Uhuh....."
Shiho got up and started walking away,(Y/n) started walking towards the vending machines nonchalantly and took a look at her eyes to see them void of feeling.

He had seen that once before too.

Ann answered the phone and (Y/n) started acting as if he had lost his wallet so he could listen to what she had to say.

"Yes....Today won't work....I'm....I'm not feeling so good....Sorry...bye."

It seemed like a pretty normal conversation with a manager so (Y/n) didn't read too much into it like he would with most situations.

(Y/n) no longer felt the want to get something from the vending machine so he left after he heard a guy call her "easy" and his friend called her "Kamoshida's bitch."

(Y/n) was walking around until he saw Shiho.

He walked up to her and gave a small fake cough to get her attention.

"Oh..I'm in the way,aren't I? Sorry....."

"It's alright.I'm (Y/n) (L/n).May I ask what's your name?"

Shiho looked visually surprised to see someone else showing some sort of care for her.

"I-I'm Shiho Suzui.I haven't seen you around....Are you the transfer from class D...?"

(Y/n) nodded.

"It may not be my business......but don't let the rumors get to you,Ok?"

"Yeah,I can't let them break me down."

"Good,My best friend has to deal with a similar situation everyday.Sorry,I have to go to practice....I'll see you around."

(Y/n) walked back to the vending machines to see Ryuji and Akira talking.

"Let's punish the King."
Akira replied to Ryuji who was previously speaking of their situation with Kamoshida.

"The King...? You mean that other world's Kamoshida?"

"I didn't think of that but..Is there any meaning to...."

"I finally found you..."
A voice came out of nowhere.

The three looked around for who the voice belonged to.

"Ryuji,Did you say something?"

Ryuji shook his head side to side,denying.

A black cat jumped on the table.

"Don't expect me to let you get away with not repaying me!"

"That voice....is that you Morgana?!"

"How dare you,up and leaving me the other day!"

"The cats talkin'?!"

"I am NOT a cat! This is just what happened when I came to this world! It was a lot of trouble finding you two."

"Wait....you came to our world!?"
Ryuji was wuite confused at what was happening.

He let out a gasp when a thought came to him.

"Does that mean you've got a phone!?"

"You don't need one when you're at my level."

"That aside,why can you talk!? You're a cat!"

"How should I know!?"

"You guys hearin' this too...?"

(Y/n) and Akira nodded furiously.

"I think we've gone off the deep end...."

"You guys are having a rough time of this,hm? I heard you mention something about witnesses?"

"Oh shuddup!"

"You know,I could tell you a thing or two about Kamoshida."
Morgana seemed unnecessarily smug.

"You were pretty close a moment ago."

Morgana looked at Akira.

"God,That comdescendin' attitude! This things gotta be Morgana!"

"You were still doubting me!?"

A teacher and student were talking about a cat being heard,because it would be unsanitary to have a cat just leisurely walking around a professional school area.

"Meow...? Does that mean only us three hear what you're sayin'?"
Ryuji questioned.

"Looks like it."

"What the hell's goin' on?"

Ryuji focused up again.

"Anyways,what you were talking about earlier,is it for real?"

"For being an idiot,you're quite the skeptic."

"Hey,Tell us more.Then again this probably ain't the best place."

Ryuji grabbed Morgana with one hand and gave him to Akira.

"Stick it in your bag for right now,it's just small enough to fit."

Morgana was struggling to get out but Akira put him in the bag.

The four went to the school's roof to continue talking.

"You'll need to attack the castle.That castle is how Kamoshida views the school.If that were to disappear,it would surely effect Kamoshida.A palace is a manifestation of a person's distorted desires.So,if that castle were no more...."

"He'd become an honest man."
Akira finished.

"Precisely! You pick up fast!"

"For real?! H-He's gonna turn good!?"

"But...is that really getting back at him?"

"Erasing a palace essentially means forcing the owner to have a change of heart.However,even though their warped wants disappear,the crimes they commuted still remain.Kamoshida will be unable to bear the weight of those crimes and he'll confess them himself!"

"You for real!? That's possible!?"

"And since the palace will no longer exist,he'll forget what we did there as well.Not only will we be able to bring Kamoshida down,but there won't even be any trace of our involvement."

"That's amazing! So how do we do this?"

"I'll tell you more once you agree,this is my valuable,secret plan after all."

"I guess we'll go along."

"If we erase a palace,there's no doubt that the person's distorted desires will be erased as well.But desires are what we need in order to survive,the will to sleep,eat,fall in love--those sorts of things."

"So you're saying there's a chance that He'll die."

Ryuji was caught of guard by (Y/n)'s educated guess.

"Indeed.But no one will ever find out."

"If we do whatever we want whenever we want,we'll be do different from that effin' Kamoshida!"

"Well,I'll let you both think about it.I'll be back Tommorow."

(Y/n) and Akira figured out that they have the same paths on their way home so they split away from Ryuji and made their way home.

Akira walked ahead of (Y/n) and was laser focused on getting home that he didn't notice Ann talking on the phone,but (Y/n) did.

He walked at a slower pace to hear her conversation,to see of any good information could come from it.

"Will you please give it a rest!? I told you,I'm not feeling up to it...."

'That really doesn't sound like something you'd saw to your boss.....'
(Y/n) thought as he listened in more.

"Wait,What...!? That's not what you promised! And you call yourself a teacher!? This has nothing to do with Shiho!"

(Y/n) could hear the beeping sound that comes when someone hangs up on you.

'She's talking to a teacher....about a deal....and it has to do with Shiho.I don't wanna jump to conclusions,but I can take a guess that it's Kamoshida.'
(Y/n) let out a sigh,but then was surprised when Ann squatted down and put her head in her knees.

"Shiho's starting position....."

'Definitely Kamoshida,He deals with Volleyball!'

(Y/n) normally would think about the situation 10 to 20 times over before walking up to say anything but it was different this time,He had a timed response.

He walked up to her crouching figure and when Ann figured out he was there she looked up and quickly stepped away.

"Wait....Were You listening?"

"Well....."

"Haven't you heard of privacy?"

(Y/n) felt blood rushing to his ears but didn't let it get to him,cowering wasn't what he listened to her conversation for.

"...No,I was out of line.Sorry."
Normally (Y/n) would apologize aggressively and leave but hearing her apologize for the event shocked and pleased him.

"...So,How much did you hear?"

"Not much,Just something about a friend."

"....Shiho...."
Ann started to rub her eyes with her sleeves.

"It was nothing......nothing at all....."
Ann rubbed her eyes again and than ran off.

"I know everything is telling me to not run after this girl but....Ugh!"
(Y/n) quickly followed after her,sliding down the railing of some steps to keep up.

(Y/n) got up to her to see she was standing by a green pole.

He got her attention and as he expected he got a negative reaction.

"Stop following me....Just leave me alone!"

"I'm sorry.....but I can't do that."

"Why....? Why do you keep worrying about keep worrying about me?"
In no time at all,Ann started to sob.

"Let's go somewhere less crowded."

"What the heck.....? I really don't get you..."

After a short and quiet walk,the two were in a diner.

"I don't have anything to talk about to you.It was just an argument...."

(Y/n) decided to hit the bull's eye with a 90% accurate guess.

"With Kamoshida."

"You've heard the rumors,Haven't You? About Mr. Kamoshida? Everyone says we're getting in on it....."

She moved around the napkin on the table nervously.

"...But That's so not true....I avoided giving him my number for the longest time....He told me to go to his place after this...You know what it means.I turned him down but he said he'll take my friend of the team.....I've been telling myself this is all for Shiho's sake....but I can't take it anymore.I've had enough of this! I hate him!"

She started to cry but continued talking.

"But still,Shiho's my best friend and she's all I have left in that sorry excuse for a school! Tell me....What should I do?!"

(Y/n) tried to say something but nothing came out of his mouth.
He balled up his fist in anger.

"Sorry....I shouldn't have asked.It's not your problem."

"What....am I saying...? I've barely even talked to you before...."

"It's easier to talk to a nobody when you don't have to worry about what they think."

Ann looked surprised at what (Y/n) said,even down to calling himself a nobody when the rumors said otherwise.

"..You're so weird.Usually everyone just ignores me.Are you really a bad person like the rumor says...?You just don't seem like it...."

"I'm the worst."

Ann let out a small laugh at (Y/n)'s small joke.

"They must've been exaggerated.....You seemed lonely. Like you didn't belong anywhere. We're the same in that regard. Maybe that's why it was so easy for me to talk to you.Is there really no way for me to help Shiho.....I wish he'd just change his mind.....Like,forget about me,and everything."

She laid back against the comfortable seat.

"As if something like that would ever happen..."

"It could."

She sat back up and smiled for him.

"I wasn't asking for a serious response.But I do feel a little bit better now....I'm gonna head home."

Ann got up and grabbed her bag.

"Don't tell anyone what I told you,Ok?"

(Y/n) nodded.

"I'll try and think of a way to persuade Kamoshida.Well....Thanks."

She left the diner which allowed for (Y/n) to go to his own home.

Lori was long gone by the time (Y/n) arrived.
He took a shower,brushed his teeth,and fell asleep.

The next day started off normally.
(Y/n)'s teacher was speaking of the 3 branches of the government.

"Hey! What's that!?"

"Enough! This is a classroom!"

"Wait....She's going to jump...!"

(Y/n),Ann,and Akira jumped out of their seats to see what was happening but just as they looked out the window...Shiho jumped.

Ann was heartstucken about what happened.
She went with Shiho to the hospital since the doctors needed someone to go with her.

Ryuji,Akira,and (Y/n) followed after Mishima who was being extremely skittish about the situation.
They questioned him and found out that the event with the physical abuse was indeed true and Kamoshida could've done worse to Suzui.

Ryuji ran up to Kamoshida's office and charged in.

"What the hell did you do to that girl!?"
Mishima,Akira,and (Y/n) came in to the room.

"What are you talking about?"

Ryuji kicked over a chair and continued.

"Don't play dumb with me!"

"That is enough!"
Kamoshida acted as if his word meant anything anymore.

"What you did........wasn't coaching..!"

"What did you say?"

"You...You ordered me to call Suzui here...I can only imagine what you did to her..!"

"You're going on and on about things you have no proof of....Basically, you're making these claims because you can't be a regular on the team right? Even if it is exactly as you imagine it to be,hypothetically speaking.....what can you do?
Suzui's in a coma,and her chances of recovery are slim...How would someone like that make a statement?"

This shocked all of the four.

"There's no chance of her getting better,I hear......The poor girl."

"No...That can't be..."
Mishima seemed to be denying the situation.

Ryuji's fist were quivering in rage.

"You goddamn...."

"This again? Does this mean we'll have to have another case of self defense?"

"You shut your mouth,You son of a bitch!"
Ryuji was going to swing at Kamoshida but (Y/n) grabbed his fist.

"Why're you stoppin' me...!?"

"Don't let him get to you."

"But...still!"

"Oh? You're stopping him? What a surprise?"

"There's no need to hold back.Why not attack me?"
Kamoshida had a garbage-eating smirk plastered on his face.

"Oh you can't.Because of course you can't."

He sat back down in his seat and dis whatever he was on his computer.

"Everyone present right now...will be expelled.I'm reporting all of you at the next board meeting."

"What!?!"

"You can't make a decision like that!"

Kamoshida spun around in his chair.

"Who would seriously consider what scum like you say? You threatened me too,Mishima,so you're just as responsible.You act like you're a victim but you leaked their criminal records,didn't you?"

(Y/n),Akira,and Ryuji were genuinely surprised by this new information.

Mishima fell to his knees and looked at the ground.

"He told me to do it.I had no choice."

Kamoshida let out a wicked laugh and told the kids to basically screw off.

"Now,are we finished here? You're all expelled! Now get outta my sight."

"Dammit! Is this asshole just gonna get away with it?!"

"Calm Down,Ryuji."

"Why are you so effin' calm about this!?"

"Remember Ryuji."
Akira stayed surprisingly calm during the situation too.

"Oh yeah,We have that!"

"I don't understand what garbage like you are thinking,but go ahead and try.All you can do is wait for your disposal though."

(Y/n),Akira,and Ryuji stood by the vending machines.

Morgana asked if the three were fine with the chances of Kamoshida dying when his palace collapsed.

The three agreed on that because of what happened with Shiho.

"Is it true that you're getting expelled?"
Ann asked,walking into their line of sight.

"Everyone's talking about it..."

Ryuji scowled.
"That asshole's at it again....So you came all this way to tell us that?"

"If you're going to deal with Kamoshida,let me in on it too."

The four,including Morgana,were surprised by Ann's sudden interest in taking down Kamoshida.

"I can't just do nothing after what happened with Shiho!"

"This has nothing to do with you so don't butt into it..Just stay out of our way..."

"But Shiho's my-!"

"I said don't get in our way!"

Ann then pulled back,then ran away.

"...That was harsh."

"We can't take her somewhere like that....The only reason we're taking (Y/n) is because he agrees to risk his life to take down Kamoshida.We just gotta beat up Kamoshida and take his treasure,so let's do that then!"

The four were in an alleyway,ready to cross over into the metaverse.

"When we cross over we'll treat each other like phantom thieves,so be ready!"

"Huh Phantom Theives?"
Ryuji questioned.

"Those who covertly sneak in and stylishly steal treasure--that is what we become!"

"Not bad,Not bad at all."
(Y/n) acknowledged.

"That sounds kinda cool! So we just gotta say the school,Kamoshida's name,and....castle? Then we end up in bizzaro world...How the hell's all this work? Someone make it?"
Ryuji queried.

"I dunno and I don't think it matters."

"True.There's no point in thinkin' about it now.We'll show that effin' Kamoshida."

"Let's go!"
Morgana announced.

Ann was eavesdropping on their conversation around the corner.

"They really are going to do something...they're doing something in their phone? A name...School..? Huh?!"

With the switch from normal to the metaverse,Ann was surprised to be pulled into the strange world.

"All Right,Let's do this!"

"What is this?!"

Ann was questioning the situation.

Akira,Ryuji,and (Y/n) quickly forced Ann back to the normal world.

As Ann was being carried (Y/n) accidentally groped her derriere.

"Hey! Watch just where your touching!"

"So so Sorry,Gotta be safe rather than sorry!"

Morgana spoke about codenames;Akira's was Joker and Ryuji was Skull.

(Y/n) didn't have one because nobody had any decent ideas,as his Persona hadn't awoken yet.

They hoped that it was gonna shaped because of the desperate need for more man power.
After advancing a little further into the palace,the team figured out that Joker could absorb shadows after convincing them to join him.

This proved to Morgana that he was extremely lucky.
All (Y/n) could do in fights was shoot but he knew that he was helping out so it didn't buzz him out too much.

After a few fights the team arrived to a "safe room," where the team could rest up and heal up for the next bit section of the castle.
They were going to but heard some ruckus going on outside the room.

Morgana checked it out to see that "Lady Ann" was taken by the guards.

The group quickly found Ann.
They were all shocked when Ann happened to awaken her Persona.

The group,excluding (Y/n),dealt with the high soldier that Kamoshida sent.

After the entire group fled to the real world contact information was spread between the group and everyone happened to go their separate ways.

(Y/n) got home and heard a distant voice,but he couldn't actually hear it.

He got prepared for a new day of school before he went to sleep.
Then he repeated his process from his last few nights and went to sleep,ready to get up for the next day.

The group got aligned and went onto the school roof after school.

Morgana explained that the team couldn't just barge into the Place whenever they decided it was convenient.

Morgana lectured that if they would do such a thing that their demise would arrive soon.

After a few days of the same rince and repeat process,the group got back into the palace.
(Y/n) heard echoes of something speaking.

It was becoming clearer but he couldn't hear it.

It should have been pretty simple,but when a single monster took out the team,leaving (Y/n) to fend for his lonesome.

His nervous personality came out on full as he tried to protect his hurt friends.

(Y/n) saw every member on the ground and and flashes of them dead appeared it his head.

"Ah,Have you finally decided to man up?"

"Yeah! I can't be scared anymore!"
(Y/n)'s eyes turned gold as a huge migraine hit him all at once.

"This isn't a normal agreement,You will be one with me as I will be one with you! Do you understand!?"

"Our Kingdom follows where ever we lead! I am Thou,Thou art I! I got real sick and tired of waiting kid.Are you truly prepared for this power?"

"Yes,I am!

"Then call upon my name!"

(Y/n) couldn't give the feeling of intense pain proper wording.
Like if his head was a watermelon and someone was trying to desperately pop it.

He desperately searched and found an angel's halo wrapped around hid head,He pulled and pulled from both sides so hard that his head and hands started bleeding from the pressure.

"Come,Sun Wukong!"

He ripped off the halo and in a bright flash of light,his outfit changed and he was prepared to fight.

The enemy was killed by the sheer force of (Y/n)'s transformation.

He was ready to fight but looked disappointed when the enemy was destroyed.

He placed his hand on the ground and a cloud picked up his unconsious teammates.

He quickly escaped the palace,and he was glad when The four woke up because he was extremely tired.

"Hey (Y/n)! You gotta persona?! You gotta show us!"

"Hey (Y/n)-!"

(Y/n) fell asleep far before Ryuji's comments.