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justwritesstuff-xox · 17 days ago

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BANDORI X PERSONA 5 CROSSOVER

Title: These Five People Standing here are Irreplaceable

Timeline in September, Afterglow back in business, currently joining the Final part of the Girls Band Tournament. A small talk before the concert.

They're back, Afterglow is back. Regular concerts, rehearsals, and coming together as a band. Everyone was improving, especially Himari and Tsugumi, working hard to improve and give the greatest concerts. They joined it was until weeks later they were recommended by Marina-san to join the Girls Band Tournament.

They won most rounds, and made it through the semi-finals. Afterglow had gotten popular, far more popular than expected. Their electrifying concerts and life changing performances, had made everyone love their songs. Afterglow's concerts are getting intense, to the point where both Ran and Moca are busy, especially when it comes to investigating & joining the Phantom Thieves missions. Ran and Moca are getting busier, especially joining the GBT finals. It will also be Afterglow's re-debut and Himari hoped that they could be scouted by Music Agencies, much to the amusement of Afterglow.

“I won't be so sure if that's the case,” Tomoe chuckled, “But, I can't wait to bang the drums and give ‘em a performance that they will remember!”

The rehearsals are always lively and intense, with the Final part of Girls Band Tournament coming in, everyone is on edge. It was a good thing that when the letter came for them to be moved to the finals makes their heart race. Motivating each other as well as practice to improve to give out the best. It is natural for both Ran and Moca to look so tired the next day for their Phantom Thieves weekly meeting.

“Woah Moca-chi. . .Ranran, you look like you're gonna pass out in a sec,” Sakamoto exclaimed when the two slumped on the table. Ran was holding a book for the new song Afterglow is going to sing. They only got a week left before the band tournament.

“. . .one more week. . .” Moca slurred, she looked tired, “. . .we. . .win. .”

Moca passed out as Ran sighs, “Gomen. . .we’ve been busy by a lot, we both tried to make time to join,”

Futaba-san sat on the table, with Ann, Makoto-senpai, Morgana, and Sakamoto joining. Kitagawa takes the chair near the counter, with Akira-kun walking in, giving Ran a black coffee, “On the house,” he added, which is pretty rare at some point. Ran thanked the leader of the thieves, before drinking the coffee until it's finish, making everyone’s eye widened.

Ran looks at the cup tiredly, “I'll pay for the next one,”

“No, what you need is sleep!” Makoto-senpai glared, “When was the last time you slept?”

“. . .” Ran was quiet before answering, “Two days ago,”

“WHAT!”

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The Phantom Thieves meeting was cancelled, with both Ran and Moca being escorted to their homes. Well, technically Moca joined Ran, since Moca's parents are out, and Moca is staying with her. The two thanked both of them, before nodding to each other to sleep on the same bed. It wasn't until the next day, the two woke up fresh, and ready for another rehearsal.

After all, they did agree that they want to win the Girls Band Tournament, and they want to give it their all.

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The day of the concert is nerve-wracking for every member of Afterglow, all those practices, creating a new song, practice again, until late at night until their parents get mad. But still, they want to give it their all, to create the greatest performance, and plant the legend of Afterglow.

Everyone in Afterglow is in the changing room, using their new costumes. Adorning their new costumes makes them look confident, and they want to do their best. Everyone was sitting, waiting for the other two bands to finish performing. Yes, performing on a large stage, one that they practiced on yesterday.

Himari looks at them, fidgeting in nervousness, “I can't believe this is real, were on the final of GBT,”

Tsugumi also fidgeted in nervousness, “It is true, I wouldn't lie, it felt intimidating suddenly, like everything seemed real,” Tsugumi looks at them, “I'm scared if I make a mistake in one of the songs, what if I made a mistake,”

“We're not a rookie band anymore,” Himari added, “W-we’re Afterglow, but, I can't help but feel nervous,”

“No need to worry about that,” Moca said lazily, “Just think of everyone as bread,”

“Moca, we all know that wouldn't help,” Tomoe nervously chuckled, although she acted tough. Ran noted her nervous chuckles, “Tomoe. . .”

“Although at the same time, I feel fired up,” Tomoe added, as she gripped her first, “After all we're doing it together, hell, we've been through rough times together, as a band and as childhood friends,”

“That is true,” Tsugumi said, determined, “After all, we can do it, we’re Afterglow after all! We will face this together no matter what,”

“Now that's Tsugu for you~ we gotta have to be tsugurific after all~!” Moca added.

“We practiced a lot for this, you know!” Himari smiled, “Everyday after school, practice until the evening, we did rehearsal at CIRCLE, we did everything to practice no matter what, Afterglow can do this!”

“That's the spirit, Himari!” Tomoe exclaimed.

“That makes me feel so fired up, let's chant, let's go, ei! ei! Ooh!” Himari chanted but everyone became quiet, but smiling as if it was something normal.

“Ooh!” Moca exclaimed, making Himari exclaimed, “Moca that's not how it works! Why didn't anyone join?”

Tsugumi, Tomoe, Moca, and Ran laughed, the tension levitated, then Himari joined the laugh. They each smiled, looking at each other, before a staff member came, telling them to get ready before it's their turn.

The members of Afterglow got ready, with Ran, Moca, and Himari taking their respective instruments (Ran & Moca guitar, while Himari a bass), and Tomoe her drumsticks. Before Tsugumi joined and smiled.

Once their near the stage, they can hear the audience clapping.

“Looks like the bands fire them up already,” Tomoe said.

“Well then, everyone. . .the same as always, the very best,”

Everyone in Afterglow nodded, before going to the stage to play the greatest band performance in all of Japan’s history.

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They won, they couldn't believe it but they won. Afterglow won the Girls Band Tournament. The childhood friends smiled at one another before celebrating their re-debut as well as their stepping stone to create the greatest performance in all of History. Next off, all of Japan will hear their music.

Author's Notes: Missed me? Guess not. Ngl, I did forget to send this btw, it's been on my docs for days. So. . .why skip to GBT? I think that Afterglow would want a challenge, coming back and in high motivation. Of course, they practiced hard and improved their sounds, similar to their GBJ (Girls Band Jam) in the First story, they were recommended by the staff. Thought that it would be nice for them to join, especially now they work several times harder to win.

And yes, I am biased for Afterglow, they did end up winning in the end. They deserve it btw, and like that year was a hard year for them. Concerts, especially those that are written as tournaments or competitions can be nerve-wracking, especially when they just came back. But, hey, they did it, Afterglow lovers rejoice, they win! Anyways, yea, hope y'all have a great day. Take care!

#bandori #ran mitake #afterglow #bandorixpersona 5 #aoba moca #afterglow bandori #tomoe udagawa #himari uehara #tsugumi hazawa #Aglow actually wins GBT #Ran-chan being a badass girlie as per usual and we love her #bang dream girls band party #bang dream #fanfiction #crossover #persona 5 #persona 5 royal #Spotify

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justwritesstuff-xox · 1 month ago

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Bandori x Persona 5 Crossover

Title: The Phantom Thieves Changes the Heart of Udagawa Tomoe

Explanation? Basically a fic on the Phantom Thieves saw a post about Udagawa Tomoe acting differently, and two worried friends (Moca & Tsugumi). They investigate Udagawa Tomoe and find out a bit about Mitake Ran’s life. Moca is worried and suspicious of Ran. They're still first years btw.

| Anon: Need help! Frustrated Red Drummer on the Loose!

Our friend has been acting strangely these days, and it's been worrying us. She's been lashing on everyone, especially us and her sister. Phantom Thieves, I know it's nothing compared to others but please help! I can't lose her! |

Ran was on her way to Yongen-Jaya to meet up with the Phantom Thieves at Cafe Leblanc. Today would be another set of missions in Mementos. She wouldn't lie, it was a good cafe, a good curry and coffee. But nothing beats Hazawa Coffee. . .or maybe it was bias, after all it held most of her memories.

She was finally at Cafe Leblanc, she bowed to the owner, Sakura Sojiro, before going upstairs to meet up with the rest of the thieves. When she got there, everyone was discussing something, a new request.

Nijima-san was the first one that acknowledged her, “Ran-chan, you're here,”

“Ranran! We found a new quest! Something about a frustrated Red Drummer,” Ryuji said. Nijima-san sighs, “Futaba has been keeping touch with the person,”

“She said the girl went to Haneoka Girls' School, which means Ranran’s school!” Futaba exclaimed, “Turns out, the girl was the post creator's childhood best friend! Who was also a close friend to the girl who is involved with Kamoshida back then,”

Everyone went into position, the name Kamoshida seemed to gain the attention of almost everyone. But for Ran, she suddenly knew who it would be. A pit of worry formed on her stomach. “Himari. . .” She thought.

“Apparently they are a group of 5 childhood best friends. The girl, by the initial H, was a victim of Kamoshida. She and a girl with the initial M are both worried about their two friends, initials R & T, mainly T. I'm trying to ask her name so that we would be able to investigate, but I think Ranran knows about it,” Futaba said.

Ran sighs, Tomoe was not doing well. She checked the metanav a few days ago on her name, Tomoe had a shadow. Ran wouldn't lie, she was worried about Tomoe.

“Yes. . .yes, I know her,” Ran said, and everyone looked at her expectantly, “The target you asked, her name is Udagawa Tomoe, and the person you texted is Hazawa Tsugumi… they are both in my year at Haneoka,”

Nijima-san seemed to open metanav, and showed her phone, “Match,”

A sense of dread finally worsens.

- - -

Mitake Ran sighs as she and Akira put an envelope for Tomoe. It was already dark, and Ran was looking at Tomoe's window. They choose to hide, and saw Tomoe reading the calling card. Ran knows that Tomoe is furious. Akira and Ran left the premises, Akira went back to cafe Leblanc and Ran went home.

Her phone pinged, with Tomoe wanting to meet at Hazawa Coffee. Ran would go there immediately.

The mood didn't seem to change, Tsugumi was already there with Moca, and Ran just walked in. “Tsugumi, Moca, I saw the message, what happened?” She asked, her eyes shocked and confused.

Tsugumi merely frowns as she shows the post, Ran herself already knew that Tsugumi and Moca sent the particular post. But. . .oh. . .Tomoe is furious, she didn't just read the calling card, no, she saw the post.

“Moca. . .Tsugumi. . .” Ran started, but Tsugumi looked at her, she interrupted, “We know. . .”

Tomoe walked in, with fury written all over the place. “I don't need help!” She said, her eyes blazing in anger, “It is my business, and it certainly is not yours!”

Moca looks at Tomoe, “Tomo-chin, calm down~!”

“Calm down? CALM DOWN? Oh well, you should know, you didn't bother to even ask Ran what she's been up to, and you bothered to ask mine!” Tomoe furiously said, “Himari is already in the hospital, and Ran, you always keep us in the dark! So it's none of your business how I've been doing!”

“Tomoe, it is our business if you end up exploding, none of us are fine, Tsugumi and Moca are worried,” Ran said calmly.

“SO AM I TO YOU? Ran, everything has been a fucking mess, Afterglow is on hiatus, Himari is hospitalized, and you. . .you kept us in the dark, you never bothered to talk to us on what's on your mind, so I have the right to be frustrated!” Tomoe argued.

“Yes. . .TO THE POINT OF HURTING TSUGUMI AND MOCA, or even Ako?” Ran glared, “What the fuck is wrong with you, Tomoe!”

“And WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, RAN!” Tomoe shouted, the patrons could hear them in the background and she didn't care. Moca stood In Front of Ran, “Tomo-chin, you need to calm down~ Tsugu is worried,”

Tomoe grabbed Moca’s hand, “And tell me if I CAN'T BE WORRIED ABOUT RAN? ABOUT HIMARI? ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH US?” Tomoe said, “Tell me, if this keeps happening!”

Ran took Tomoe's hand, “Let Moca go,”

“Only if you tell me! Unless you have been running away from us!”

That was the last straw, and with Ran eyes, her tears fell. Tomoe saw and her eyes widened, and let Moca's hand free. Ran shook her head as she cried, before running out of the Cafe. Tomoe who saw this crossed her hands, with Tsugumi and Moca worried.

- - -

Mitake Ran, now Scarlet, is now at Mementos, where Tomoe's shadow dwells. She could see Tomoe in her Haneoka uniform, looking angry and frustrated, but at the same time she looked like she was suffering, in pain. “Himari. . . Everyone. . .”

The Phantom Thieves, except for Scarlet, got ready on their battle stance. The red rock-punk phantom thief merely moves forward and needs her. “Joker. . Give me time to talk to her,” She merely said going front. As the leader of the thieves told the rest to stay on guard, Scarlet moves forward, she needs to face her, maybe Tomoe was right, she was running away.

“Tomoe. . .What happened to Himari. . .it wasn't your fault,” Scarlet started, “You did what you could, you did what you have to, you don't have to keep your burdens to yourself,”

“What do you know? You're only just another Phantom Thief, Himari. . .she didn't deserve what happened, that bastard, he hurted her, and I didn't even stopped her,” Tomoe said, “She deserves something better, and. . .how could I do that to her. . .and Ran, I was stupid, I was supposed to tell her sorry, I didn't mean to shout to her. Tsugumi and Moca tried their best, and I. . .why am I like this? Why. . .what did I do? I didn't deserve it. . . everyone. . .”

“Tomoe. . .” Ran said, “It isn't your fault, and you are not alone in this. . . Tsugumi and Moca, they tried their best to help you. . .and. . .Himari. . . she's coming back, that's why, you have to be strong, but don't forget, we’re at your side, everyone. . .Himari would want us to count on one another, to see the same sunset as we used to,”

“. . .” The shadow of Udagawa Tomoe's eye widened, “Ran. . .”

“Tomoe. . . about before, you were right, I was running away. . .from you all,” Scarlet, now Ran, confessed, “I was scared that you would blame me for what happened, and what I did to Himari, I made her to a worst state, and now. . .I. . .can only follow what Himari wanted, all because I am too weak,” Ran sarcastically laughed at herself, “I am not that cool aren't I. . . Afterglow was falling apart, and I. . couldn't even help out, I was running away again. . . And here I thought I stopped running away for good, I've grown, but I was wrong. . .Tomoe. . .I'm sorry,”

Shadow Tomoe looks at her, before going ahead, “Ran. . .I'm sorry for what I did before, for what I did to Moca, Tsugu, and. . .Ako. . .” The red-head looks down, their voices are merely whispers, “. . .and to you. . .I was mad at you, frustrated with what's happening, everyone was not. . .”

“The same as always,” Ran said, “Tsunagu, Soramoyou. . . everything is tied to the skies. . . everything changes, but us. . .we would always be stubborn. . . standstill. The five of us together. . .Tomoe. . .the choices we did, everything we don't, it's time for us to move forward, if it's not for your sake, than for Himari,”

Shadow Tomoe smiled, her voice now loud, can be heard by the Phantom Thieves, “I will go back to my real self, I bet I scared everyone in the process. . .Tsugu. . . Moca. . .I know the two are worried about me. . . especially Tsugu,” Shadow Tomoe chuckled, before looking at Scarlet, “and also to Ran for hurting her again, I know she is suffering, but. . .that's just mean for me to say it. Well then, thanks for the enlightenment, prolly need it. . .a lot,”

It moves to look in the opposite direction, before stopping, she looks at Scarlet, “. . .and Ran. . . please don't blame yourself. . .you tried your best to Protect Himari from Kamoshida, you did your best, please. . .you don't have to. . .”

“Everyone knows it's my fault,” Scarlet interrupted, “If I didn't listen to Himari, she wouldn't be falling down from the stairs and went to the hospital, I didn't do anything, I could've helped her more, I could been there to stop it, Himari. . .”

“This is the first time you opened up, for months. . . please tell the real me. . .tell the others, I will see you tomorrow,” with that Shadow Tomoe disappears, leaving Scarlet crying.

- - -

“So. . .they are your childhood friends?”

“Yes,”

“And Himari. . .she was the girl that was a victim of Kamoshida,”

“Yes. . .she's the reason why I am here,”

“I see. . .thank you for trusting us,”

“I did nothing,”

“But doing that takes a lot of courage, thank you,”

“No. . . Akira-kun. . . Thank you for everything”

- - -

Ran visited Hazawa Coffee the next day, with Moca, Tsugumi, and Tomoe already sitting. Ran sat on the table, with Tomoe looking at her.

“Ran. . .I. .” Tomoe started, Ran sighs, “Tomoe, you we're right, I was running away from you all. . .I was scared. . .that you would blame me for what happened to Himari. . .for. . . everything,”

“Ran. . .” Moca, Tsugumi, and Tomoe's eyes widened.

“That's why. . .I was scared. . Tomoe has the right to be angry at me, for . . .being frustrated. . .for. . .”Ran was then close to tears, “But. . .I am scared, we can't go back to our same as always, that's why. . .this is so uncool of me,”

“Ran. . .I'm sorry, but this isn't your fault, as it is not mine. . .Ran. . .this is all Kamoshida’s fault,” Tomoe said, “That's why. . .I want to say sorry, I shouldn't have shouted at you, hurting Moca, and exploded in Tsugu’s cafe,”

“Ran and Tomo-chin are finally getting along now~!” Moca lazily said, “Mama Moca is so proud of you~!”

That made Ran blushed and Tomoe laugh so hard. It's a good thing there's no patrons here.

“Moca!!!” Ran exclaimed, as she glared at the bread-loving girl.

“But Tomoe, it seemed that you had a change of heart, yesterday you were pretty mad,” Tsugumi said, then realised, “I didn't need to offend. . .”

Tomoe chuckled, “Nah, it's fine, it's just I did have a change of heart. I got a calling heart from the Thieves, and well. . .I learned a new perspective. . .and most of all about Ran,” Tomoe looked at Ran, “I don't know why, but I had a dream last night that I was talking to Ran. . . although someone look like Ran,”

“Maybe Ran has become Tomo-chin’s voice of reason~!” Moca said.

“Moca!” Ran glared and Tomoe laughed at the reaction. Ran sighs, “But yea, it's nice to see Tomoe having a change of heart, I remember her being mad last night. But, I promised to open up. . . especially after. . .what happened,”

“Ran. . .it's not your fault,” Tsugumi said, “You did what you could,”

“Everyone keeps saying that,” Ran sighs.

“But, we know it's true. . .”Tsugumi said, “Ran. . .thank you for opening up,”

Tomoe's eyes widened as if she remembered something. “But yea. . . somehow this dream seemed real, like it's deja vu. . .”

“Would it be a side effect from a change of heart?” Tsugumi asked, “I heard many people are like that after a change of heart,”

“Maybe it's just a theory,” Ran said, “We don't know if it's true, or it's Tomoe's dream,”

Ran dismissed it, she personally didn't want them to find out. What's the use of a heart attack from them? Either way, Ran hoped that the conversation would be done.

Moca seemed to look at Ran, “Mooo~! Does that mean that the Phantom Thieves of Hearts are not real?”

“That is up to your interpretation,” Ran said quickly, “We don't even know they are real or not,”

Moca looks at Ran suspiciously. She knows that Ran is hiding something. “Nee~ Ran~ are you hiding something ~?”

That immediately made Ran flustered, “N-no!” Ran then regained her composure, “No. . .”

Moca smiled sadly, it looks like Ran didn't tell the whole truth. Putting down her suspicions, Moca felt hungry, “Talking about emotions makes me feel hungry, let's visit the Yamabuki Bakery~!”

“Only you, Moca, only you,” Ran sighs.

“Ne, Moca, never change!” Tomoe chuckled.

Hi again, several hours ago I sent several stories lol. Anyways I hope you have a great time reading this. Please leave a like or you can request, if you want! Anyways have a great day.

#ran mitake #afterglow #bandori #afterglow bandori #ran as a persona user because why not #joker persona 5 #persona 5 royal #joker p5 #aoba moca #moca aoba #tomoe udagawa #tsugumi hazawa #himari uehara

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