Phantom Thieves of Hope - A Danganronpa X Persona 5 Story.

Chapter 7: The Warden of Lust

Blooming Villain - Persona 5

"Uuuuuummm...Usaammiiiii...?" what little of Komaru's face was shown under her Highwayman mask had turned a pale shade of blue upon witnessing the transformation before them, "the fact that the Palace rulers have the power to turn into super demon lords...WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO KNOW!"

"You're the nerd among us and you weren't expecting there to be a final boss!?" Razor grumbled, "with our luck, I saw this coming a mile away..."

"Save the commentary for later! He's coming right at us!" Usami cried out.

The team's head immediately snapped back towards the titanic and horrific demon, as Shadow Towa lunged straight towards them.

"IT'S TIME TO DIE, YOU FILTHY INSECTS!" he boomed.

Thankfully, Monomi's warning was received in time, and all four thieves leaped out of the way of his strike.

However, it was a close shave. Not only had his new form clearly granted him incredible strength, but it gave him heightened movement and speed as well!

"MICK-AGH!" Leprechaun attempted to summon his Persona to attack, but before he realized it, Towa was on top of him once again. He spun around at blinding speed and snatched the Lucky Student up! Towa began to squeeze Makoto tightly, and Makoto could feel his ribs closing in on themselves!

As he screamed in pain, Highwayman rushed up behind, cracking her lasso and launching herself toward the demon!

With a cry of defiance, she jumped up and flung her lasso whip, smacking Towa's demon over the skull! However, this attack did very little to phase the monster, and Towa retaliated by reaching up and grabbing the Highwayman while she was airborne! He then started to crush her in his palm, just as he was doing Leprechaun!

"SIBLINGS SHOULD GET ALONG, RIGHT!?" Towa cackled, "WELL GO ON! HUG IT OUT!"

Komaru and Makoto cried out in agony, as Towa suddenly smashed them together with an incredible force! Both Naegi siblings crumpled to the ground after they impacted, groaning in pain and struggling to get to their feet.

*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*

*ZAP!* *ZAP!*

In an attempt to damage their foe, as well as take his attention away from their companions, Usami and Razor started shooting at Towa with their respective weapons. However, the combusted sprinkles from Usami's party popper weapon and Razor's taser were doing very little to actually hurt the monster. Their ammo basically just bounced right off him.

"HAHAHA! CATCH!" he growled. He suddenly swiped the ground in front of him, catching Leprechaun and Highwayman, and flinging both of them towards the attackers! Usami jumped out of the way in time, but Razor wasn't so lucky, as both Naegi's flew straight at her and crashed into her; all three of them getting smashed up against the wall!

"S...Sorry..." Komaru groaned. With her neck having been bent weirdly from the impact, Toko struggled to shake her head.

"W-Wasn't...your fault..." she assured her, "th-that's gonna hurt like hell tomorrow..."

"Get back on your feet or you won't SEE tomorrow!" Makoto commanded, more forcefully and strictly than he meant to, but it was still enough to rouse the thieves! When they recovered, they saw Monomi dancing around the beast, avoiding its swipes and trying to distract it on their own!

"Go Mr. A! Don't let up!" she cried, launching as many psychokinetic blasts of energy at him as she could, clearly dealing some damage, but not enough.