If you follow me and read my stories, then you know I make texts and memes books all the time from my favorite series'. Persona 5? This is an absolute work of art in a game, and with greatness in performance comes greatness in memes. (Disclaimer; there may be profane language and suggestive themes so read at your own risk)

Dreams can be frightening. Especially if the dreams continue to haunt you while you're awake. Persona 5 but as an AU psychological thriller type thing.

Joker didn't mean to fall in love with both Akechi and Yusuke - now that he has, it's impossible to choose. Who will steal this phantom thief's heart?

"The medicine is poison, but it makes them numb." Joker is the leader of the Phantom Thieves. Strong, dependable, reliable. Unbreakable. Akira Kurusu is a trauma victim, times over. Eventually the two things merged, and created a storm. A storm Akira likely won't survive. A/N: I'm back at it again with angsty shit. I've had no inspiration to write and life has been hard lately, so here's a new story to refresh me, and look into Akira's past and future. WARNINGS: Mentions of drugs, suicide, self-harm, all the lovely stuff. Will do individual warnings on chapters.

You just managed to save Akechi from an impending doom inside Shido's Palace. Now, out of worry and care for Crow, you convince Sojiro to take him in. But living with the troubled detective isn't that easy...

I've been an Ace Detective all my life. My name, Goro Akechi, is one that's so popular nowadays, I'm considered a celebrity, despite being only 18. The cases I've worked on up until this point have been small, but worthwhile. Then all of a sudden, Japan becomes riddled with crime. Unique and volatile deaths begin popping up everywhere, and I'm assigned to the cases. The more I discover, the more blood is shed, and my life wading through small-time criminals disintegrates into a dangerous game of cat and mouse that leaves me on the edge of reality and dream, teetering on sanity and psychosis. At all costs, I must support justice, and persecute the culprit. Even as I continue to lose myself in the process. But then I realise, the very devil is the transfer student in my class named Ren. With his addictive eyes and enslaving demeanour, he becomes so entrancing... That I must pull myself together and take his heart, before he takes mine.

I have but one goal, and no one will keep me from achieving it. I will burn my stepfather, Shido, to the ground with my bare hands. In order to further this, I decide to befriend the Phantom Thieves. I spend time with them, befriend them, laugh and joke with them, and even strategize with them as we dodge in and out of Palaces, taking hearts where we please. But I never lose sight of the real reason why I'm using them. We get closer and closer, and Ren Amamiya, the leader of the group, peaks my interest. We finally become friends, and suddenly, something changes. I must choose what side to stand on, and whether or not using the Joker and his friends is still my destiny.

Back then, I had narrowly saved Goro Akechi from death. I remember it well, how close I was to losing him not only physically, but also mentally. His plot for revenge had shaped him into a weapon, designed to murder countless lives for the sake of his own retribution. I got him through that, and with some patience, we discovered a relationship that fell beyond the boundaries of friends. But it didn't last forever. His last words to me were his refusal to watch me serve jailtime for the crimes he commited at the Phantom Thieves expense. Before I could argue, he left, allowing Sae Niijima to take him in. But now, all of a sudden, my days change. Akechi and I both have a choice, one that will shape our future forever. The question is...what do we really want? Justice, or freedom?

Ren Amamiya returns to his hometown and makes a new deal. Goro Akechi awakens in the Velvet Room with his soul-bonded missing. Arsene is released and immediately sets off to find the truth. And the threads of fate twist and weave from afar, forever watching. --- (Shuake's in the background, but sorta not in the background... it's like the driving force.) Warning: endgame spoilers, and languages, and blood. I do not own Shin Megami Tensei, Persona 5, or any of the characters from it. This storyline is mine, though. If I'm going to get sued, please PM me, and I'll take this down. That's all! Enjoy!

"And I'm the one you can never trust, cause wounds are ways to reveal us." Time changes people. Experiences change people. The same can be said for Akira Kurusu, the leader of the Phantom Thieves. Given the right trigger, even the most virtuous of heroes can wander down the darkest of paths. Based around a song called "Breakdown" by Seether. It gets me in all the emotions. WARNING: This is a dark story.