Brody's POV

As Yosuke, Teddie and I walked we have arrived to...the shopping district? But no one was here and the sky was just a spiral of red and black "What is this place....? It looks just like the shooping district...." Yosuke said "What's going on here?!" He asked "some weird places have appeared ere recently" Teddie said "Things are getting so tangled, I dunno what to do..." He said "Uh.....by the way, why are you standing so far from us?" Yosuke asks ".....You better not be planning to high-tail it if something does come up" Yosuke said "Of course not!" Teddie said "I mean. Uh. I can't stand too close, you know. I'd get in your way..." he said looking away flustered "Hmmm" Yosuke sad "Man, they really went all out on this...But out of all the places in town why'd they replicate this one?" Yosuke asked "How should I know? This is reality for the one who's here" Teddie said and Yosuke sighs "As usual, nothing you say makes any sense..." Yosuke said "But if this is our shopping distric we're not far from Saki-senpai's..." Yosuke said and runs foward and Teddie and I follow him and soon we arrive there "I knew it! This is the liquor store that Senpai's parents run" Yosuke said, the entrance to the store had that same red and black spiral that the sky does. "Does this mean...Senpai disappeared here?" He asked "What could've happened....?" He asks walking closer "W-wait a second. Th-They're here!" Teddie said "what?" Yosuke asks "....Shadows. I had a feeling they were going to attack....!" Teddie said and soon enough we saw blue masks emerge from the spiral that were big black gooey globs, are those shadows?

The shadows move past Yosuke charging at me! They float turning into balls and soon change appereance.

I widen my eyes as my head hurts and I hear a voice "I am thou. Thou art I" it was Izanagi? He said he was my other self when I fell in the underground 'Izanagi? Is that you? What are you saying?' I asked "The time has come Brody! Open thy eyes and call fort your latent potential and my true form!" Izanagi said as a card appeared on my hand I trun it over it was blank but it shined brightly as I slowly started to grin "Per....so.....na" I said and the card turned into a blue flame and I crush it with my hand "Ahhhhhhhhh!" I scream feeling a surge of power and I grin as Izanagi's true form has been realized.

As I entered a fight with the shadows

(Listen to this for this fight if you want)

"Stay calm and listen" Teddie said "Some shadows have weaknesses" he said "if you can pinpoint that weakness and take advantage of it, the battle will be a lot easier!" Teddie said "I can tell thid one has weakness too!" He said "Try stuff out and see what works!" Teddie said and once again my menu options are different than in the underground. Analysis, tactics, guard, attack, skill, Persona, item and escape. Those are my options "Worry not Brody" I heard Izanagi in my head "huh?" I ask "Shadows are beasts that attack on pure instinct they won't stop till their objective is killed" Izanagi said "All you'll get from them are items, real levels and experience points. Not levels of violence or execution points" Izanagi said and that calmed me....well I would prefer to have an actual weapon but it can't be helped. I select skills considering Teddie said to look for weaknesses, Izanagi has the following skills

Zio 4SP
Cleave 4HP
Rakukaja 12SP

I decided to use zio "Izanagi!" I called breaking the card with my hand and Izanagi appeared infront of me and used zio on the shadow knocking it to the ground that's the weakness "I'll keep track of what attacks have what effects on enemies!" Teddie said as I got an extra turn from hitting the shadow's weakness so I use skill again and hit the other shadow with zio knocking it down giving me another turn.

I use zio again to kill one of the shadows while saying Persona! And the other shadow gets up again attacks licking me, I take 8 of damage but this time I attack inflicting 19 of damage killing the last shadow winning and I see a result screen.

Result:

EXP: 30EXP
Money: none
Item: Soul drop x 2
Lv1 Brody Dreemurr

*I felt a surge of energy inside after the recent battle

Brody levels up!

Lv2
Hp: 62/82
SP: 29/49
For next level 36
Lv1 Izanagi(Fool)
My hp and sp have increased!

I watch as Izanagi vanishes after defeating the shadows and I see the card as it goes to my soul as I feel a surge of energy.

*Brody Dreemur has faced his other self...
*He has obtain the facade used to overcome life's hardships, the Persona Izanagi!

"Whoa....Wh-What was that?!" Yosuke asks walking up to me "Did I hear you say 'Persona'!? What was it--" Yosuke asks "I mean what did you do?!" He asked "Honestly I'm not so sure what I did" I said "Hey you think I can do it too....?" Yosuke asks "Calm down, Yosuke. You're troubling Sensei!" Teddie said walking over wait he called me sensei? "S-Sensei....?" Yosuke asks "Gosh almighty! That was beartastic! You're amazing, Sensei! I am one impressed bear!" Teddie said hugging me happy "I can't believe you were hiding such an amazing power! No wonder the shadows feared you sensei! They were no match for you!" Teddie said nuzzling me when he gasp in suprise "Are you the one who's able to bring people into this world?" Teddie asks and I nodded "Yeah" I said "Hah! That's what I thought! This is really something. You're one of a kind sensei! Don't you think so Yosuke?" Teddie asks as I blush softly from all the praising 'It's not that big of a deal' I thought but Yosuke walks over and pushes Teddie on the ground angry "Dude, you call him Sensei and then don't show me any respect?!" Yosuke asks as Teddie gets up "Sorry...But Sensei did take out those shadows with ease" Teddie said "W-well, that and your support wasn't bad, though" Yosuke said smiling "I gotta give you some credit for that" he said "Yeah you did great Teddie" I said making him blush "Huh? R-really...? Heehee" Teddie said "Alright, you two keep it up, and I think we'll be fine from here on out" Yosuke said "Now let's get back to the investigation!" He said as we walk close to the entrance "Man...I wonder what could have happened to Senpai here" Yosuke said as we all got on alert when we started hearing voices from somewhere..."I wish Juned would go under..." A woman said "It's all because of that store..." another woman said "Wh-What the...?" Yosuke asks confused "Oh, I heard that Konishi-san's daughter is working there" A woman said "Oh my....How could she, with her family's business suffering like it is....?" Another woman asks "I heard their sales have gone downhill because of Junes" a woman said "S-stop it..." Yosuke said "That poor father...to have his own daughter working for the enemy" another woman said "What a troublesome child" a woman said 'Enemy? June's fault? How can they just talk about a business like that. Everyone has to work, if some business are just more succesful than others maybe it's because they are doing something right. And what's wrong with a child working somewhere other than thwir family business?' I thought 'Oh Brody, not all humans are kind like you. They can be jealous when someone does something better than them, it's in their nature' Izanagi said.....maybe but still it doesn't feel right. "Hey...Hey Ted!" Yosuke said snapping me out of my thoughts "You said that this place is reality for those that are here right?!" He asks "So...does that mean this was Senpai's reality when she wandered in here.....?" Yosuke asks "I...only know about what's over here" Teddie said "Fine....Whatever's going on here...We'll find out ourselves!" Yosuke said as we go in but I decided to save first to recover my health.

Having witnessed Izanagi's true form and power as well as the bond you two share through your soul and the insane potential of your new ability holds. Fills you with Determination

FILE SAVED.

Before finishing I'll give a description of izanagi's skills so far for those interested

Zio: deals light Elec damage to 1 foe
Cleave: Deals light Phys damage to 1 foe
Rakukaja: Increases 1 ally's Defense for 3 turns.

That's it for this chapter