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justwritesstuff-xox · 3 days 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.

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justwritesstuff-xox · 3 days ago

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Bandori X Persona 5 Crossover

Title: Post Awakening

A.k.a Mitake Ran's post awakening as a persona user. She reflects on everything and Moca is always there to lend an ear or two. Inspired by "Vow of the Orchid" by PtRanlover12.

She couldn't take their disappointed faces. She was tired, she would go to bed for days if this keeps happening. But she couldn't, what was that? What really happened today? Was it truly a hallucination?

Ran falls to her bed, as she breathes heavily from the tiredness of the whole day. After her awakening, she destroyed most of Kamosida's guards, and escaped, her body was weak, and she was lucky to find a humanoid-catlike being.

The cat, by the name Morgana, explained the existence of palace, shadows, personas. It was many things, she didn't have any questions about that, nor she doubts she cares about that.

But, when she came back, she thought she could escape from them. Turns out, she didn't get any luck. Moca, Tomoe, and Tsugumi, were all worried about her. She couldn't tell them the truth, so she had to lie, it pains her, especially since they are her childhood friends. But she couldn't tell them.

She saw her guitar, her heart felt hurt.

She missed those times. . .those band days, playing the guitar, doing live at CIRCLE. But then she couldn't bring it to play the guitar, without remembering what happened to Himari. It was her fault that happened, she could've just listened to Himari, she would have paid attention. Himari had to pay for her mistake. Ran couldn't beat it. She couldn't play the guitar nor do flower arranging.

Ran can only cry. A few hours ago she would feel so powerful, she would destroy everything in her way, with her persona. But now, she felt like falling apart, she felt like crying, screaming in frustration. Her body felt weak, she could only sob as her face looked at the white ceiling.

Then a ring from her phone broke her from her trance. From her unending chain of self-pity and sorrow. She willed herself to wake up, and took her phone, she answered, who turns out to be Moca.

“Moshi moshi~! Raaaaaaan, are you okay~?” Moca said, she sounded the same as always. Ran wouldn't lie, it made her smile a bit.

“Moca, it's late, what are you calling at this time?” Ran controlled her tone, hiding her cries inside.

“Mooooo, that's because I missed you~!” Moca said lazily, “I went to buy so much bread from the Yamabuki Bakery. I have so many coupons and they have a sale today,”

Ran chuckled, Moca always buys bread from the Yamabuki Bakery. She always seemed to love buying bread, almost visiting every time they are together, and after rehearsals. A pang of guilt went to her.

“Afterglow. . .” She thought. The band has been on a hiatus for three months now. After the incident with Himari, all the concerts were cancelled. She remembered Himari is getting therapy, which is a good thing, but she is still hospitalised.

“Neeee~! Ran, are you there?” Moca asked, in which Ran answer, “Ah, sorry, just thinking,”

Ran could feel Moca’s frown, she knew her for years after all. Tomoe and Himari would say that they are one mind in two bodies. “Himari. . .” Ran looks down sadly.

“Ran. . .it isn't your fault,” Moca suddenly said, making Ran's eyes widened. Moca knows?

Ran felt herself crying, she couldn't stop the overflowing emotion. Her heart felt painful, and her eyes kept flowing tears to her cheeks. “B-but I could've been paying attention, I could've. . .I would have listened to her, and nothing like this would happen. . .Himari, would not be in the hospital, suffering because I dragged her,”

“Ran. . .it is not your fault. . . Kamoshida. . Hii-chan would be sad if you blame yourself,” Moca said, “Ran. . .How about I bring bread for Hii-chan tomorrow?”

Just like Moca to change the subject, she knows her too much.

“Moca. . .thank you,”

“See you tomorrow. . .Ran,”

The call was closed and Ran lay down on the bed once again. “It wasn't my fault. . .Moca, I know that you. . .I'm sorry, but it feels like it's my fault. . .that everything is not the same as always,”

She once again lay down, her body relaxed under the covers of her blanket. Mitake Ran, her eyes tired from all the chaos happening today. But she too knew that, she could never forgive herself for what happened to Himari.

Notes: How was it? Was it to emoi for you~? Kidding kidding. I personally really love Ran's Character, although she is a bit complicated as it is. I would like to hear your opinions, if you're okay. Maybe I'll also cross-post these stories in Wattpad & AO3. Oh my AO3 acc is Kazarinoyume, not sure which acc I'll use at Wattpad. Anyways, take care!

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