The Phantom Thieves: (Akira Kurusu x reader)

Chapter 10: Carmen

Authors note: Don't worry guys.  Mystery isn't your real code name.  I just put it there because since the reader doesn't have a Persona yet.


4/15 Friday

(Y/n)'s POV

The four of us started walking towards the window.  Akira boost me up before I grabbed the edge before I climbed up by myself up.  Akira starts to jump up as well before we could go inside, we hear Ryuji or Skull was talking to us, "Looks like they don't 'bout this way in yet." Skull said to us.  Me and Joker just nod our heads before Morgana whisper yell out at us, "Joker, Mystery, Skull... Are you ready? Let's go!" Morgana whisper yell at us.  The three of us nod our heads before we started to get inside of the castle.  Once the four of us were inside the castle, we swore we could hear someone talking.  We started to sneak a bit before we took a peek at the door to look at the left side, we saw guards there at the other room, "Hey, look! Ain't that..." Skull whisper to us.

We noticed the Shadow Kamoshida was talking to his guards, "Those intruders the other day were quite entertaining. However, I can't allow that trash to ransack my castle! Strengthen the security! Kill them on sight! I'll reward whoever brings me their heads." Shadow Kamoshida said to his guards.  One of the guards yells out to his buddies, "Praise be to King Kamoshida!" "Death to the intruders!" One of the two guards yells out to his buddies.  The four of us were peeking at the big door, "Hey, Mona. Can't we just beat the crap outta him and call it a day?" Skull asks Mona.  Mona tells Skull in a serious tone in his voice, "Look at all those soldiers, idiot! It'd be suicide. And I'm sure you don't want a repeat of last time. Besides, don't you want him to confess his sins?" Mona asks Skull.

Mona just tells us, "There's no point beating him up. We need to steal his materialized desires... The Treasure." Mona says to us.  Skull looks Mona before he asks him, "Fiiiine. So, where is it?" Skull asks Mona.  Mona just tells Skull, "It has to be somewhere in the depths of this castle. Let's infiltrate further in while he's out here!" Mona said to us.  The four of us back away before we were walking towards the doors behind us.  Joker opens the door slowly, but before we could go anywhere, "What...!?" Joker whisper yells in panic.  I grab Joker's hand before I pulled towards all of us, "You okay...?" I ask Joker with a little worry tone in my voice.  Joker looks at me before he whispers back at me, "Yeah, thanks though." Joker mutters out to me.

I just nod my head at Joker before Skull starts talking, "Dammit, there's a guard over here too... Whaddya wanna do? Should we kick its ass?" Skull asks all of us.  Mona looks at us before he tells us, "Hold on..." Mona was thinking.  Mona looks at all of us before he tells us, "Hmmm... This might be a good opportunity to teach you something..." Mona said to us.  Mona looks at Joker before he asks him, "All right, Joker! Are you ready to take it down?" Mona asks Joker.  Joker looks at Mona before he tells him, "Let's go." Joker says to Mona.  The boys look at me before I nod my head at them, so I waited for them.  Joker runs up the guard before Joker attacks the guard.

Once the guard got out of its armor.  Mona starts talking to Joker and Skull, "Remember how I taught you Hold ups and All-out Attacks? I'll teach you their practical use now. There's another use for Hold Ups besides simply defeating enemies. Shadows are beings born from people's hearts, so naturally, they can talk too. In other words, you can communicate with them. Get it?" Mona asks Joker and Skull.  Mona kept talking till he stops talking and Joker fire the gun at the Shadow, and it was already knock down, so the three of them point their weapons at the Shadow, but the Shadow didn't have any items or money.

Mona started to freak out a bit, but we noticed the Shadow was starting glowing a bit before it was changed into a mask that looks like Joker's masks.  The masks towards Joker's face.  I was walking towards to them, "Mona? Is this normal?" I ask Mona.  Mona just shakes his head a bit before he tells me, "No. I never see anything like this." Mona said to us.  I walk closer to Joker before I noticed his eyes were red a bit, "Joker...?" I call out his name.  Joker's eyes went back to being dark gray eyes again.  Joker shakes his head a bit before I noticed Joker look back at me, "You, okay?" I ask Joker with a worry tone in my voice.  Joker looks at me before he nods his head at me, "Yeah..." Joker says to me.