By the time that Joker and the others reached the throne room of the Castle, they knew that this was it…For finding the Treasure or turning back. "Mona…Please tell me that the treasure is around here…" Skull groaned as she kicked over the chair since the last fight with Cognition Ryoko tired her out mentally and physically, though Joker barely needed to say anything to add to it.
"You don't have to whine, it's just ahead." Mona remarked as they straightened up and opened up the door into the throne room; It looked about as gaudy as the rest of the place with velvet lining the floors and statues of Kamoshida in various positions that would look better for someone who was less of a menace than Kamoshida. "Wow, he really spares no expense here…."
"You can enjoy his tastes later….Let's just find out where it is and go already!" Ann grumbled as the prolonged time they spent here and the added aggravation of dealing with a Cognitive Ryoko only added to her migraines.
"Mona's right….Because here it is." Joker mentioned as he kicked open the doors and what they saw nearly blinded them; A treasure room that was filled to the brim with gold, gems and various other trinkets that looked valuable.
Though these would all be tempting to take, there was something else that Mona seemed to have their eye on something else that sat in the dead centre of the room: A large murky grey orb that floated around without a solid shape or even a distinction as to what it was. "This is it! The Treasure!"
"That's the Treasure? I thought it'd be like a giant gold chest or something like that." Skull mentioned as she tried to grab the orb but felt her hand slip through it and then shook it like it tingle. "It feels all tingly…"
"That's because it hasn't been given a physical form yet…" Mona pointed out as they took notes of the location on the map. "We can only take it if Kamoshida KNOWS that we could take it."
This made Skull blink in confusion but Panther wasn't that far behind either; "But then how do we…you know, take it? Do we just call the King in here and tell him we're gonna steal it?"
"No, all that'll do is anger him and he might even lash out just for trying…The only way we can really take this for good is if the REAL Kamoshida thinks that his most valuable possession is in danger of being stolen…and we do that with a simple message." Mona then looked to Joker since he could probably get the gist faster than they could.
"So since he's so eager to call us thieves, I say we roll with it…We get a calling card; Write something that will get him on edge like "We're gonna go steal what you value the most", once he's all riled up and he's now thinking about what is the most worthwhile thing to steal….We can then steal a fully materialised Treasure." Joker explained as he noticed the gears started turning.
"Oooooh okay, so who writes the card?" Panther asked before she nearly got knocked over in Skull's excitement.
"OH! Let me! I got a buncha stuff I wanna use to mess with that asshole!" Skull asked excitedly as she bounced up and down with the eagerness of a kid waiting for Christmas.
"You really sure we should trust our first ever calling card to her? She's not exactly…eloquent…." Mona questioned as they noticed that Skull was mumbling to herself with all the things she could and would say.
"We gotta start somewhere, Mona…Besides…I think out of everyone here…Her and Panther could probably use this the most." Joker mentioned as they left. "We've got what we needed so let's make it back to the entrance."
"Awesome! I can finally unwind and not have to worry abo-HEY GUYS! There's an elevator over here!" Panther pointed to a lift nearby. "We can probably ride this thing to the bottom."
"Heh, plus there's bottoms on the pillars too~" Skull said with a grin on her face as she poked at one of the busts on the pillars, earning a light bop on the head from their leader.
"Come on, focus up…We're not out of this place yet." Joker pointed out as he pulled the lever. The whole thing creaked and did nothing.
"Uh…You think it might b-"
Skull barely had enough time to finish as the entire thing dropped like a stone from the top floor of the Castle and didn't stop until they hit the bottom after slowing down.
"That….I DO NOT! Want to ever do that again!" Panther heaved a gulp of air as she tried to steady her legs after such a shock.
"How about you get those boots off for me, baby~?"
"Uh…Guys? The voices are back…" Skull mentioned as they heard that same creepy whisper bounced off of the walls.
The place they landed in looked like a sewer; It was a narrow walkway around a swirling maelstrom of water with a fall from above that seemed to come from the dungeons.
"Just shake it for me….I wanna see that body bounce!"
"Mona…Is this the…." Joker began but noticed Mona's serious expression when a knight clad in gold stood in front of a barred door.
"Yeah, This looks like the holding place for the last Will Seed in here…" Mona mentioned as they carefully walked around. "Doesn't look like there's any traps, though I think we should take out the guard before he alerts anyone."
"Nice stuff…Now come on over here and I'll show you a good time~"
"Anything to make that creepy talk stop!" Skull tried to plug her ears as the four walked around to in front of the knight.
"WHO GOES THERE?! You dare to try and undermine the Great King Kamoshida?"
"Look, we're kind of stuck down here so if you can let us by then we'll not bother with…this…" Joker tried to convince the Knight, but it seemed to be as stubborn as it was loud.
"FOOL! YOU THINK THAT I WILL YIELD TO INTRUDERS? I SHALL SEPARATE YOUR HEAD FROM YOUR SHOULDERS AND THEN BRING THOSE TWO LADIES TO KING KAMOSHIDA FOR RE-TRAINING!"
"Okay, that is way too aggressive even for a Shadow!" Panther snapped and then cracked her whip. "I'm gonna show you that I'm not to be messed with."
"Double for me! Let's see you try and take us with a broken arm, ass-hat!" Skull followed up as they readied their weapon.
The Knight vanished into black goop and came out in the form that was drastically different from any Shadow they saw before; It was a giant slime that almost had a mushroom cap on top along with splotches of white across it's head. "GAZE UPON MY FORM AND DREAD YOUR INEVITABLE BREAKING!"
"What the Hell?!" Panther jumped back as she felt unbelievably dirty just from looking at it.
"That's just disgusting…." Mona grimaced and readied a slingshot at the creature's eyes…or where they should have been.
"I HATE IT! SO…MUCH!" Skull groaned as she cocked her shotgun.
Joker gripped his knife; "Well, trust Kamoshida to have a dick hiding in the underside of the castle…" He thought cynically. "Any weaknesses, Mona?"
"I…No, I don't see any…I'm not even sure I want to touch it." Mona bemoaned as they took a shot at the Torn King of Desire's eyes before jumping back.
"Okay, you take up the rear…Skull, stay nearby me and Panther…I have a feeling this thing is gonna gun for you two the most."
The Torn King of Desires did nothing to hide what it wanted by undulating in their directions and prepared a fire spell.
"I got it! Let's make it so overstimulated that it can't move!" Joker came up with a plan.
"Dude…Couldn't you have phrased it better?" Skull asked with a weirded out look.
"No, he's right…If you and Joker both hit this thing with Electricity spells then that'll paralyse it…Panther can weaken it's defenses with Tarunda and I'll keep you guys maintained with Media." Mona mentioned as they used Garu to whip at the Shadow's face.
The two big hitters started blasting the Shadow with Zio over and over until it finally collapsed in a jolting heap. "Skull! Knock it down!" Joker commanded as he could see the right moment to attack.
"YOU GOT IT!" Skull grinned widely as she swung down on it's crown hard to knock it for a Daze. "It's down! Now let's tear it apart!" She yelled as the four jumped in to hit them with an All Out Attack.
Suffice to say that the powerlifting that Joker and Mona did plus the super motivated assault by Ann and Skull made sure that this thing went down and stayed down. "Okay…Weird…dong monster is gone…Hooray…" Joker panted as he was starting to feel the fatigue too.
"Let's just get this seed and go…." Panther groaned as she holstered her gun.
With some quick slices from Joker's knife, the door opened up and showed off the last of the Will Seeds. The three Seeds lifted up into the air and spiralled into one spot, forming what looked like a three faced rock with a pale blue gem in the middle and let itself get caught. "Mona…Is this it now?"
"Yep, you now hold a Crystal of…I'm guessing with this place, you can call it a Crystal of Lust…All we have to do now is….Well….We'll figure it out." Mona explained and then headed out of the room back towards the Elevator.
"Hold up….You had us running around the Palace for what felt like hours and you don't even know what to do with them?!" Skull barked as she was now frustrated from being tired both mentally and physically.
"Hold your horses…I didn't say we didn't know, all I'm saying is that we just need to find the right person to sell it to…Or use it." Mona explained as they all went back up to the first floor.
"As long as you can make it work for us than it's worth trying...Now let's just leave…" Joker relented as they headed out towards their planned escape route and back outside.
—In the Real World—
"Oh, thank God it's over…" Ryoko sighed as she leaned against a wall to catch her breath and let her muscles try to relax a little.
"I never want to see that monster ever again…." Ann agreed as she sat down in the alleyway. "So what's next, Lee?"
"For now? Let's just rest up…I'll see if that shop will take all the stuff we took back with us, it'll net us a nice heap of change with any luck." Lee suggested as he helped Ann to her feet.
"I don't think that I need to reiterate that this next step is our most important one." Morgana mentioned from the bag now they were back in Cat form. "Ryoko, you wanted to do the Calling Card so you're in charge of getting one made…But make sure that this can be somewhere that Kamoshida can't ignore, he needs to see it and understand it fully so try not to hide it anywhere inconspicuous."
"Alright, alright…Make the cards and make it seen…Got it." Ryoko gave a thumbs up as she headed for the train station.
"I should probably head back too…I wanna check in with Shiho and let her know that we're here for her…And you too." Ann mentioned as she saw Ryoko round a corner.
"Look, all I did was stop Kamoshida from doing something that could've ended badly." Lee admitted and tried to wave it off.
"Yeah, but you also did it without thinking about the consequences…I know you wanna help us but you can't just go running off on your own…How do you think that's gonna make us feel?" Ann pointed out and lightly poked his chest. "Just…Know that if something comes up then talk to me…Or to Shiho, we're friends now so you better get used to it~" She giggled a little before heading off.
"Lady Ann…She really is a kind soul for worrying…" Morgana whispered in hushed awe as Lee adjusted the bag.
"Yeah…She's amazing…Don't worry, I'll make sure to not worry you guys." Lee promised as he refocused and left the school, unaware that a girl with short brown hair and wearing a Student Council pin was watching from a window in the school with a hint of suspicion in her reddish brown eyes.
Makoto Niijima then made her way to the Principal's office to discuss something specific; "Principal Kobayakawa…I need to speak to you about something."
The Principal had just got off the phone when he saw the girl coming in and welcomed her with a surprisingly cordial tone; "Ah, Ms Niijima…I wasn't expecting you to stop by."
Niijima would nod and then took a seat in front of the desk. "I apologise for the sudden visit but there is something that feels concerning that I need to discuss with you about…It's about the new student."
Kobayakawa nodded; "Ah, him…Well, Mr. Kamoshida seems to think so as well…He's going to lodge a complaint against him, Ms Sakamoto and Ms Mishima to get them expelled after the incident in his office. I wouldn't worry too much about it."
"But…That's not exactly the reason that I bring them up." Niijima would insist as she pulled out a handbook sized journal that looked pretty well worn. "Since our term started and even before that, the Student Council has been getting some concerning talk from the Volleyball Team regarding acts of extortion and harassment…And some of them are even reporting abuse in multiple contexts...Not just from Practice..."
"Ms Niijima…"
"We've seen some students coming in with bruises at a minimum and in full casts at worst…Surely you must have noticed yourself." Niijima followed on; "Maybe…Maybe we should start to ask questions about Mr. Kamoshida's conduct before we t-"
"Ms. Niijima, you are the head of our Student Council and a valued member of our Third Year Class…You've taken part in these gym classes and you can see just how hard everyone works." Kobayakawa waved off her insinuations and then dabbed his head with a handkerchief. "This school will only accept those who work their very best, yourself included…Surely you're not starting to believe that those rumours going around are true…Are you?" He asked with a more serious tone.
"I-I don't place stock in baseless rumours, sir…But you must understand, if we're going to talk about expelling students then we must hear both sides of the story, shouldn't we?" Niijima tried to protest.
Kobayakawa sighed as he leaned back in his chair with the further push from Makoto. "I must admit, your reasoning is correct but I think that with this talk of extra investigation based on hearsay would be incredibly detrimental to you with what's going on already…You work so hard in class and you're coming up to your exams aren't you?"
Niijima nodded as she clutched her book; "Yes sir, I'm looking to try following my sister's footsteps into becoming involved in law."
"Such a high standard…And equally taxing, I suggest you leave this investigation to me and you focus on preparing for your exams…It would be wise that you accept any help or support you can get at this school…Because If you want to get far, you need to accept help whatever it takes and make sure you can be useful to others in turn…Am I clear?" Kobayakawa spoke with a cheerful tone but even that chipper voice felt like someone had placed dry ice in her hands.
"Y-Yes sir…I apologise if I stepped out of line." Makoto apologised and nearly shrunk under his veiled grilling.
"Just be a good girl and study hard…You wouldn't want to upset your sister with a distracted attitude, would you?" Kobayakawa asked with concern as the brunette bowed politely and quickly left the room.
The Principal quickly felt his sincere smile slide off his face and replaced with a scowl. "She's smart…I'll need to keep an eye on her…Though if she DOES decide to try making a nuisance of herself with this…I can make sure that her resume can say "Goodbye, High Profile Law School" And "Hello, Future Big Bang Burger Cook" in a single stroke…"
—At Itomi's Store—
"Hey, look who's back….You brought more stuff for me to…day?" Itomi asked as she saw Lee place a large bag on her counter top, she would question where and how he got so much of this stuff but in all honesty; She barely cared enough as she rang up the cost and passed the money over to Lee. "Anything else I can do for ya?"
"The gun! Don't forget about the gun!" Morgana whispered from the bag as Lee then reached into his backpack.
"I was hoping to ask you about this…" Lee asked as he then pulled out the paper bag holding the gun that Itomi practically shoved in his hands on his last visit.
"Huh, you're still holding on to it…Well, I needed someone to carry it for a while but I got a change of plans in mind; So now it's your's." Itomi explained and then leaned in; "If anyone asks about it; You found it somewhere, nothing to do with me at all…Got it?" She asked with that look on her face that threatened something scary if he didn't accept. "I didn't see it, touch it and I don't know jack about it."
"Y-Yeah, I got it…Don't worry, I'm not a snitch." Lee accepted since he figured that was easier than just nodding. "But that bag…What was it for?"
Itomi sighed and decided to tell him since he wasn't going anywhere; "Alright, it's a custom gun that I modified so it looked as real as possible. I had a client who wanted it but since you helped me with smuggling it out before the cops showed up, I think I'll let you keep it as a thank you."
"It is really well made, you did a great job on it." Lee complimented as he heard a hearty scoff that vaguely sounded like a laugh.
"Damn right I did…" The tattooed woman scoffed as she glanced around and noticed it was just them; "Come meet me in the back, we need privacy if you're going to talk more."
Lee wasn't sure whether to feel excited or nervous but considering that the moment he walked in that back room with Itomi and the door clicked; He was leaning for nervous. "So uh…What are we talking about back here?"
"You can cut the crap here, kid…What's your deal?" Itomi prompted him as she grabbed a seat but kept her eyes on him. "Who exactly are you?"
"I just like the guns…I guess an enthusiast would be the better way to put it…" Lee mentioned as he looked around the dusty back room.
"Right…Well, I find it hard to believe that someone as young as you would be one…But I guess we can make it work as long as you do some things for me~" Itomi remarked with a sly smirk on her face and rested her chin on her hand. "After that little stunt you helped me with before, you and I are now accomplices so I doubt you're gonna wanna talk about this with anyone….So how's about we make a deal?"
"A Deal…I could've made one with Iwai before? Well…I wasn't exactly the gutsiest around before…This could probably help out in the long run…" Lee thought but then crossed his arms; "Okay, but what exactly am I helping you with?"
"Straight to business? I like you already, now I'm not gonna bullshit you; Modifying guns is an expensive hobby: Sometimes you pay thousands up to hundreds of thousands…Or maybe millions if I feel like messing with you~" Itomi smirked and adjusted the lollipop in her mouth. "But you help me out with my "Other tasks" such as smuggling stuff and destroyin' evidence…then I'll cook up a special menu for you…With reasonable prices, of course."
"Miss….I don't mean anything by it…But who the hell are you?" Lee asked with a confused look on his face; "Because I don't think normal store owners have that kind of thought process…"
Itomi chuckled; "How cute..He thinks that I'm normal~" She thought before lightly patting his head; "Come on, a girl's gotta have some secrets…So do we have a deal or not?"
"You help me out, I help you…s'only fair, so yeah…I'm in." Lee accepted as that same voice from earlier mentioned a new vow, however it spoke about the Hanged Man Arcana.
"Great…Now gimme your phone." Itomi demanded and held her hand out, tapping on it once Lee handed it over before giving it back to him. "There's my contact, if I try to call you or text you from this ID then I need your help around the store…If I don't have any "Tasks" for you to do then I can have you do some work in there such as cleaning up or reorganising stock...With pay, of course...I'm about a lot of things but I'm not gonna make you work for free."
"I won't let you down." Lee promised as he took his phone back and pocketed it.
"Oh and uh…Don't go too crazy, I gave you my number and I don't give that to many people…So try not to get the wrong idea on this." Itomi warned as she pointed at him; "I know what boys like you are like so just make sure that you treat this seriously." She added with a mostly threatening tone but there was a faint hint of a teasing in there. "Now, get out of here…it's getting late."
As Lee left the shop and headed back into the town centre, he didn't notice that someone had been watching him from the window of a clothing store since he entered back into the street from the alley. "An interesting looking guy…Maybe I could convince him into doing something for me~"
Lee on the other hand had left the promenade and was outside the train station, eyeing the Dog statue as he bought a lottery ticket, smiling a little as he passed the time for the next train.
"This statue is of Buchiko, right?" Morgana asked from the bag as they were confused as to why Lee stopped here to meander.
"Yeah, a dog that stuck around waiting for it's master…A display of loyalty so strong that people made a statue for them, not to mention that it cemented to people how loving dogs are." Lee explained and leaned forward before a feminine clearing of the throat could be heard.
"Excuse me, could you please move your head?" A soft but dignified voice could be heard from a bench nearby. There was a girl around Lee's age sat opposite of him; She looked incredibly thin but that made her cross legged position look elegant along with an artist's sketchbook propped on top of her knee. She was wearing a black and blue long sleeved top and a skirt that was coloured a similar dark blue which seemed to match and accentuate, along with a pair of heels to complete her look.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to ruin your picture." Lee apologised as he tilted back to give the girl room to draw again.
"No, I mean back to the way you were positioned earlier, I have to ensure that your pose remains intact otherwise it'll ruin the composition entirely." She pointed out and lightly flicked her hair to move her bangs from her somewhat gaunt face; This girl's bangs curved around and covered the left side of her face but what remained was tied back in a tight ponytail that seemed to hang to her lower back but her gray eyes were pretty intense like they were staring through him as she expertly moved the pencil around in her delicate hand.
"You're…You're drawing me?" Lee asked in confusion, "May I ask why?" He raised an eyebrow as he kept a curious look on the girl in front of him, though she didn't seem to respond to him as her pencil moved across her sketchbook. "Okay…That's another weird encounter that I do not remember at all…"
The girl hummed and muttered to herself as she scribbled but the furrowing of her eyebrows was telling that the tannoy had disrupted her tangent. "Confound it all…My apologies for wasting your time but I have to leave." She remarked apologetically and stood up to head for her train, nearly standing a head taller than Lee did mainly because of her heels but he could probably hazard a guess that she was just a small amount taller otherwise.
"That was…Odd, to say the least." Morgana mentioned bluntly as they looked up to Lee who was currently looking lost in thought. "Hey, we're gonna miss the train to Yongen if we don't hurry up!" They reminded Lee and tapped him with their paw.
"OH uh…Right, right…Sorry.." Lee nodded as he headed down towards the train station as those last few thoughts ran through his head about the girl. "She looked familiar...Was that….This world's version of Yusuke?"
After narrowly avoiding getting stuck in Shibuya, Lee finally made it back to LeBlanc and let out a sigh of relief. "Well…This is it…"
"If we're gonna send that card, we have to do this tomorrow…We can't afford to mess up and we won't get another shot if we miss it." Morgana pointed out as they poked their head out of the bag once they realised the cafe was empty.
"Don't worry, knowing Ryoko and Ann…They're gonna WANT to do this tomorrow, Kamoshida's gone far enough and we can't afford to take any chances." Lee agreed but then pulled his phone out when he felt it buzz and their group chat between the three of them was going nuts.
"Yo! I managed to get the first card done, wait until you guys see it tomorrow…That shitbag Kamoshida won't know what hit him!"
"Just try not to make it obvious that it was one of us…"
"Hey! I spent hours looking similar stuff up to make it real hard to guess who it was, though the better question is…Are we doing this tomorrow?"
"Yeah, Morgana says that the card will only work once so if we do this for tomorrow morning than it'll only work for then." Lee messaged them back and relayed to them what Morgana said. "But we trained up and we made sure that we can handle anything that Kamoshida has in his Palace…All we need is the Treasure and we'll stop him for good."
"I hope you're right…Because it's not just you guys who're gonna get consequences if we don't get this right…" Ann pointed out; "Once you two…His biggest protestors are out of the picture from school…I think I get a pretty good idea on what he's gonna try next…"
"Hey, none of that! We're gonna go marching into that Palace, kick Kamoshida's ass and steal that weird Treasure all before he can think of anything!" Ryoko chimed in with a new message aimed at both of them.
"Plus…As long as I can get back up…I'm gonna do what I can to make sure that you two stay safe and come back with no problems, sitting prettier than you are now." Lee added though he admittedly thought he overstepped it when neither of them responded as quickly.
"We should…Probably get some sleep, if we're doing this then we need to be on our A-Game." Ann messaged the group before logging off.
"Yeah, ditto…I still need to finish the cards but don't worry, I got your backs!" Ryoko followed soon after as she logged off too.
"Shit…Nice going, Casanova…" Lee grumbled to himself as he staggered off to bed, feeling like an idiot for saying something like that.
Though despite it being dorky as all hell, it didn't look like it was unwarranted; Ann was laying in her bed with her face buried in a pillow as she tried to calm her face down when it flushed pink at Lee's talk from earlier. "Damn it…How can a guy say something so corny and yet make it sound so hot…"
Ryoko meanwhile was banging her head on her desk with a red face to take her focus back onto the task. "Damn it! FOCUS! FOCUS! FOCUS!" Followed by the sound of what was apparently her mom yelling at her to knock off what she was banging.
—The Next Morning at Shujin—
"You guys seeing this?"
"They're practically everywhere…."
"The stuff written on them…Is it for real?"
"It's gotta be a prank or something…"
The entire billboard at the school's entrance was plastered in red cards with a cartoonishly impy face on the front and a message underneath them.
"To Shujin Academy's Crowned King of Perverted Bastards, Suguru Kamoshida! Everyone here knows how shitty you are, and that you put your twisted desires on students that can't even fight back. That's why we have decided to steal away those rotten desires and make you confess every last one of your sins. This will be done today, so we hope you will be ready. From, The Phantom Thieves of Hearts!"
Kamoshida was one of the first to directly read the message and on finishing it, he was ready to rip off someone's head. "Who wrote this?!" He yelled at the crowd of students at the billboard and inadvertently the arriving students at school. "DID YOU DO THIS?!" He yelled at one First year before turning to a Third Year. "WHAT ABOUT YOU?!"
However the culprits had been getting buns at the canteen nearby so they had an alibi on being together and additionally with overhearing the fireworks. "I think it worked~" Ryoko grinned as she munched on her food.
"Ryoko, I saw those when you put them up…Did you have to be so crude with the language? It's like some edgy pre-teen trying to act tough…" Morgana groaned; For someone who claimed that their palate for writing was impeccable, they found this Calling Card to be rather childish.
"Well, like it or not…It really got to him. I think if he wasn't worried about someone fighting back, he is now." Ann mentioned as she was chewing on a strawberry croissant that she took in Shibuya.
"He's definitely aware that someone's after him…That's all we need to get that Treasure to appear." Lee mentioned but then noticed Kamoshida and his angry marching towards them; "Play cool…" He whispered.
"You…I'll bet that card was one of you two's doing, wasn't it?" Kamoshida snarled as he leered at both Ryoko and Lee. "If assaulting me wasn't enough, then threats are definitely going to get you expelled...Or even arrested."
"Shouldn't you find out who did those things first before you come calling us the culprits?" Ryoko asked with a slight hint of snark in her voice but quickly felt herself getting grabbed by the collar and lifted off the ground by the now fuming Kamoshida.
"You listen to me right now, you little bitch! I don't care if it was you or not…If you talk to me like that again, I will make sure you worry about more than just a broken leg this time!" Kamoshida growled to her in a hushed whisper.
"You know, you might wanna take it easy…You could easily get in trouble and I don't think you can weasel your way out of it if the Principal catches you putting hands on a girl like that." Ann warned him with a less than pleased look on her face and gestured to the people who were trying to look away but kept sneaking looks as they got to class.
Kamoshida then felt a hand squeeze at his forearm surprisingly tightly. "Plus if you really want a self defense to plead…I'll give one VERY good reason if you don't put her down….now." Lee warned as he kept a firm glare on Kamoshida who ultimately decided it wasn't worth it.
"You two are going to see expulsion for sure…As for you Takamaki…I'll make sure that you'll be begging on hands and knees when I'm done with them." He warned as he stomped upstairs to his office.
Then from the shadows came the King of Kamoshida's castle standing and leering at them with the most deranged look in his eye. "Come on…Steal it if you can, because by the time I'm through with you…Both you ladies will be well trained slaves…And the others will be on the chopping block to watch."
"I can't believe I actually humoured him into thinking we were dating…" Ann grumbled as her mood was now soured by Kamoshida.
Ryoko on the other hand was shaken up badly, she was clinging on to Lee and hugging him tightly; "Holy shit! I thought he was actually going to kill me then and there…." She hoarsely mumbled, every time Kamoshida reprimanded her was always bark and very little bite but this was probably the closest it came to him actually doing something since his "Self Defense" argument. "Seriously…Thank you…That's twice I owe you now…"
Lee wasn't sure how to calm her down while she hugged him so he opted to gently pat Ryoko on the back. "It's okay…But I think that Morgana's right…We need to do this today."
—After School and in the Metaverse—
Joker, Skull, Panther and Mona had all made it to the very top floor of the Castle and stood at the doors of the Treasure Room. "Alright guys…This is it…Once we go through this door, there's no turning back…Are you ready?" Mona asked the other three.
"After that shit he pulled earlier? There's no way I'm leaving now!" Skull smacked her bat into her palm with an angry look on her face.
Ann simply cracked her whip as her face turned to a cold look of disgust. "This will be the last time that we have to be here…Lets make Kamoshida pay!"
Joker however gripped his knife tight and stood at the door. "We managed to stop him from throwing himself on Skull and Shiho…Let's make sure that his attempts stop here!" Joker stated bluntly as he kicked open the door and there it was.
In the centre of the Treasure pile sat a giant Crown that floated in the air, this was it for them.
They found the Treasure.