"Joker!"
Joker opened his eyes and looked to the left side of his bed. Mona was standing there nervously.
"What's going on Mona?" He questioned the cat.
"Something's entered the Metaverse. There are falling meteorites outside and they're starting to approach here. We need to head out now so we can make it out of here alive."
"Alright, let's go."
Joker got out of the bed and rushed downstairs with Mona.
All of the phantom thieves had worried looks and were panicking on what was happening.
"Joker! You're awake! What are we suppose to do?" Queen asked.
"We need to infiltrate the palace now, secure a route, and come back here if Leblanc is still intact to get prepared for the fight with Ryuji." Joker replied.
"That moron better have not done something stupid for this to happen." Mona said annoyed.
"You better watch your mouth Mona or else." Joker said with a glare.
Mona gulped and Joker signaled everyone to go onward to the palace.
"Fox, Noir, Oracle where's the palace?" Ann asked.
"It's at the school. That place got overrun with shadows though. So I don't know if it's safe or not to go there right now." Oracle said scanning for signals.
"I don't think we have much of a choice." Fox said letting out a sigh.
"By the way Joker, who should be in the front lines." Noir asked getting her axe ready.
"Hmm. I think Queen, Panther, and Fox in the frontlines with me."
They all nodded and started to rush to the school. It would seem to them that they had to go on the train, but something seemed wrong with it.
"Is this suppose to be the train to Shujin?" Panther asked looking confused.
There was nothing but water where the railroad tracks were meant to be for the train.
"It must be a boat we're looking for since Ryuji's persona was a pirate on a ship." Oracle said typing things in her digital computer.
"Well where's the boat?" Noir asked looking around.
Suddenly a tsunami of water came in from the right side and splashed onto them.
"What the hell?!" Joker shouted as he tried to swim against the water.
"Is he really trying to kill us here?" Mona asked trying to stay above the water.
"I don't know, but we need to swim faster before we reach there." Queen said pointing ahead of them.
They looked to see a waterfall and screamed. They tried their best to swim, but in the end all started to fall as they descended from the waterfall.
"Mona! Can't you transform into something else than a car?" Joker asked loudly.
"No! I can't! We'll just have to embrace the impact!" He responded.
They landed with a splash into the water that made them wash up in front of what seemed to be Ryuji's Palace. Outside there was a black gate with a pointy fence with a sign that says keep out. There were skeletons everywhere with a bit of blood on the tombstones.
"So is this the entrance of Ryuji's palace?" Noir asked.
"It would seem so, but I don't see any buildings." Fox said looking arounf the area.
Suddenly they heard a loud scream inside and decided to rush in. They broke down the front gate down to enter. What they saw was unbelievable to their eyes."Sk-Skull?!" Joker shouted in astonishment.
Skull was there on one knee barely having the energy to stand up on his own two feet. He had cuts on his clothes with a little bit of blood running down them and his face.
"Oh lookie here. It seems we have guest to join us." Shadow Ryuji said with an evil smile.
Skull looked back in which he fell to the ground out of breath.
"It seems Skull here is too weak fight. I guess this shows that he's the weakest link to the team. Isn't that right?" He said stepping on him.
"No he's not! He's the strongest Persona user I know. He may be tired at times, but he learns how to pull his own weight." Joker said getting his gun.
"You really think he's gonna believe that? You really are a pitiful lot. I'll show his true power that he's been holding back."
Shadow Ryuji started to have horns come out of his head and he summoned his persona.
"A shadow having a persona?!" Noir asked before stepping back.
"What? You did think I could summon him. I'll show you how he should have been during fights! Maziodyne!"
Lightning struck down the group and caused them to fall to their knees. Joker tried to get up, but he fell back down on his knees.
"I'll show you the true meaning of pain!"
Shadow Ryuji jumped into the air and gather a large amount of energy in his hand. He formed the energy into a giant lightning spear, aiming it towards them.
"Taste this, God's Thunder!!!"
He threw the spear and the his persona transferred into a dragon and he got on it with the dragon following it. The lightning spear landed shocking the whole ground with the dragon crushing a hole into the ground that sucked all of the Phantom Thieves in.
"This pain that you'll never forget! So don't come back!"
Joker was semi-conscious after the attack and saw he was falling into the abyss. It was then he felt a hand on his shoulder and looked over to see Skull looking at him with tears. Skull pulled him in a tight hug and heard Skull mutter something under his breath. Joker liked the warmth he was giving off to him and was glad he could feel this affection from his one lover.
"Sk-skull..." He said weakly.
"What is it Joker?" Skull responded quickly.
"I...I love you...with my heart... mind...and....soul..."
"I-I love you as well."
Skull pulled his and Joker's mask up and looked at his beautiful face. He smiled and pulled him into a kiss. Joker was shocked by the sudden affection and he kissed back. After a few seconds, they stopped to see the others were staring.
"We've been watching for about the whole time." Oracle said snickering.
"OH MY GOSH! I KNEW YOU TWO HAD IT IN YOU!" Panther shouted with excitement.
Both Skull and Joker looked away blushing. It was then they landed hard on to the hard sandy ground at the bottom of the abyss. They landed in a lighted spot that was only ranged as far as they can see each other. They all got up and looked around.
"Where are we?" Fox asked.
"I can't seem to pin down a point. We must be far down underground." Oracle said typing things on her digital computer.
"I know we should be finding a way out, but I think we should rest." Joker said sitting back down on the ground.
"Joker, are you crazy?! There could be shadows that attack us out of nowhere." Panther said with a worried look.
"Sorry Panther, but I'm with Joker on this one. I am feeling exhausted after what damage Ryuji's shadow did to us." Oracle said.
Panther sighed and decided to agree with it. They all laid on the ground and fell asleep on the hard, cold ground in fear of what challenges they'll face in the future.
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Betrayal Love
AdventureAkira has feelings for Ryuji, but has not found the right to do it. Ryuji also has feeling for Akira, but something is in his path to be with Akira.