Persona 4:Luigi's Adventure

Chapter 1: You're Me...But Not...

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"STOP IT!THAT'S NOT TRUE!"

I try to cover my ears to block out the sound of his…no, its voice. Backing away put no distance between me and this monster. All around me was darkness. The only thing to see besides the endless night was the other being here with me and its piercing, yellow eyes. But I can't look at him…he's…he's not…

"Oh come on…how long are you gonna act like a baby!?Look around you! This darkness…kind of fitting for us, huh? After all…we're always in HIS shadow, aren't we!?"

The thing steps closer to me, mocking me with that voice. (It's…it's mocking me with my own voice. But why!?Why does this thing have my voice!?It's mine! That's…)

"The one thing that separates me from my brother!"That thing says these words condescendingly, startling me. Looking at him, his face holds a cocky smirk.

(No…that's wrong…how can this thing know what I'm thinking? Saying the words before they even have a chance to leave my mouth…Wait, it's just trying to get into my head right!?Well I won't let it…)

"You're such an IDIOT, you know that!?Why don't you just hurry up and accept that you will always be second best? That you'll never be honored at your own ceremony for saving the princess? That, even with your higher jumps, Mario is still superior to you! Why can't you just accept that you are sitting around like the nobody you are, while the 'great Mario' is out there reaping all of the benefits from our struggles!?There's no point in denying me anymore! After all, I know what you're thinking before you do! That's because"-

I stop him before he can say what I know he will. I refuse to let him. For fear of what? I don't even know. The more I deny his claims, the more he seems to radiate the darkness that surrounds us.

"SHUT UP!DON'T SAY IT!YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING,YOU DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL, AND YOU DON'T KNOW ME!WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!?"

These words leave my mouth with so much force that my hat falls from my head. Even though I asked, I'm dreading the answer. How else could someone address themselves…when they're wearing your face?

"You already know don't you? That I AM you!"This doppelganger got close to my face, and spat these words. At this point, I was crying. It seemed to feel pleasure from my pain.

"No…Nononono…NO!! I AM LUIGI,THE ONE AND ONLY!YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME!"After saying these words, I felt something deep inside of me tear. It hurt, physically. "Gah!?" I stop cowering in fear to clutch my body as the pain courses through me. It hurt so bad, I didn't notice the doppelganger's cackle.

"Haha…hahaha….HAHAHAHAHAHA!THAT'S RIGHT…I'M NOT YOU,AM I!?I'M NOT PATHETIC ENOUGH TO BE THE SHADOW OF A SHADOW!IT'S-A ME!HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

The darkness around us seemed to all converge onto the other me's body. His laugh was being muffled by the sheer energy pouring into him. When the laughing ceased, so did my pain. I looked up, and instantly regretted it. Before me stood a literal monster; a ten-foot tall mass of dirty moss and vines clinging to a deformed blob that had a moss-covered body sitting atop it. The blob had a piercing red eye that was half shut, yet somehow seemed to be staring through me. The body was shaped like mine, but where my face would be was only a large, bloody smile full of razor-sharp teeth. The "L" on my hat was replaced by another red eye, which was fully trained on me. If all of the water in my body wasn't being channeled to my eyes, I probably would've pissed myself.

"I am a shadow…the true self…NO LONGER WILL I BE SUBJECTED TO BEING SECOND BEST! I CAN BE WHATEVER THE HELL I WANT! You…YOU'RE HOLDING ME BACK! I'LL GET RID OF YOU FIRST, AND THEN I'LL KILL MARIO!"