Persona 5 Royal AU

Chapter 12 - Learning Experience

So by ultimate choice, I was chosen to drive the mona bus. Finding our target was pretty easy and he seemed really upset we were choosing to fight him over some man named Maderame. What happened after we beat his shadow, Nakanohara asked us to steal Maderame's heart before anyone else fell prey to him. We obtained a treasure bud that we had to peel what felt like flower petals from around the treasure to reveal what it was.

"So the process of obtaining treasures from the shadows in Mementos is different from the palace. We peel energy petals from them." I said.

"Yep." Morgana said smiling. "Nice going Joker."

"By the way Joker, what's that pendant around your neck?" Ann asked. "Is that the fail-safe?"

I lifted up the pendant. It was a crystal with a mask in the center shaped to look like Arsene's mask.

"Yeah, this is the extra fail-safe if Shadeon tries possessing me without my permission." I said

"Why does he want to possess you?" Ryuji asked.

"Not a single clue." I said. "I doubt he'll tell me."

"You can speak to him?" Morgana asked.

"Yeah, sometimes he instigates the conversation." I said. "Like now for example but you can't hear him. Shadeon chooses not to let you hear him."

"I'm kinda curious what he'd have to say." Ryuji said. "Like why he chose you."

I shrugged my shoulders and we started to head out of the area where we fought Nakanohara.

"Joker. Can you eat those petals you are still holding?" Shadeon asked.

'Now why should I do that?' I thought to him.

"I'm hungry and desire petals are my favorite." he said.

'Ask one of my persona's for permission.' I said. 'Cause I bet you need to possess me to eat them properly.'

"Oh right. Silky can I possess Ren for a few minutes to eat the desire petals?" he asked.

I saw Silky sigh.

"Only if you promise to return control to Ren right after. Because we're all watching you Shadeon." she said with a frosty tone. "If you don't I will freeze you solid till the next palace."

"G-got it ma'am." Shadeon said.

Shadeon took control of my body so I could only watch as he consumed the desire petals that had been peeled off the treasure. I looked at Cait Sith.

"Why does he need to eat those anyway?" I asked.

"Right you wouldn't know since shade beasts were sealed away so long ago by powerful persona users." Cait Sith said. "Shade beasts eat desires and it grants them power. Desire petals don't have the same effect but to a shade beast, they are a delicacy."

"So as long as he doesn't eat desires and just feasts on the petals he's fine?" I said.

"Correct." Silky said. "Arsene's instructions is to make sure of two things; Shadeon doesn't force possession upon you and that he doesn't eat pure desire."

I soon had control back over my body and a nasty taste in my mouth. It tasted like I ate a raw onion! Thankfully my breath doesn't reflect that.

'What the heck Shadeon!? I have a nasty taste in my mouth now!' I thought to him.

"I don't know what you mean, to me desire petals taste like honey." he said to me.

I looked up when Morgana rushed over.