This is the beginning of my little rewrite for Wolf of the Phantom Thieves.

And ah! Pairings...

The pairings are staying the same. Hiro is still with Haru and Akira is paired with Ann.

Things may be a bit the same but a tad different. You'll see how this goes. Hope you all enjoy.

I don't own Persona

It's owned by Atlus

I only own my OC, Yasuhiro Nakamura

Enjoy!

Persona 5: Wolf of the Phantom Thieves Pt.1

Day: Unknown - Date: Unknown - Time of day: Unknown

A helicopter zoomed over the water as it made it's over to the large city of Tokyo, Japan. A bright colorful light shined somewhere beyond the city. That bright colorful light came from a casino that was right in the middle of the city.

From inside the casino, an alarm blared loudly, alerting all the patrons within. Everyone seemed scared as they wondered what was happening. Some people were scared as they were running away from whatever was inside the casino with them.

A black-clad figure dove through the air. The figure was completely unseen by the patrons within the casino. Three men in black suits walked into the casino taking the scenery and looking for this suspicious figure.

The figure landed on top a chandelier. His long black trench coat flowed as he stood up. Under his arm was a silver briefcase, he had black curly hair and wore a white and black mask that perfectly framed his face along with him having a confident smirk on his face.

"Hey, up there!" A patron shouted pointing.

"He's here." Said one of the black suits as he spoke through a radio. "Move in immediately." He and the two suits pushed through the crowd to get to the black-clad figure. The figure still having his confident smile on his face decided to take his leave and jumped off the chandelier.

-O-

He landed on a lower chandelier as his radio turned on.

"Good," Mona ordered. "Now, get running!"

"This is our only chance!" Crow said.

"I got this, you guys!" Joker said. "Stay safe!"

"Just hurry and get away!" Panther asked. "Alright, Joker?" She sounded a bit worried.

"I got it, Panther," Joker said. "I promise, I'll come back. I love you."

"You... better. I love you too," Panther said. She was most likely smiling.

"Agh! Get a room!" Skull groaned disgustedly.

"Anyway, Joker, we'll retrieve the briefcase on our end," Queen said.

"So that means you better hightail it out of there, Joker," Wolf said.

"Please, Wolf..." Joker said calmly. "I'm a professional."

"That's not a yes?" Wolf deadpanned.

"It's not a no." Joker joked(Haha!). Everyone on the radio heard a transmission that's wasn't being picked up all too well.

"Hmm...?" Oracle hummed. "What was that?"

"Don't worry about us," Mona said. "Just concentrate on getting away."

"Ready, set, go!" Joker said as started running away.

"But I have to say, showing yourself above that crowd earlier was an excellent move." Mona complimented. "Nice work as always, Joker."

"I bet Skull wouldn't pull it off that smoothly." Panther said.

"I must agree there," Wolf said.

"This happens because you have no sense for aesthetics," Fox said.

"Nobody asked you, Inari!" Skull retorted. Joker smirked at his team's 'banter' as he continued his job as the decoy. He continued his distracting as he spotted by more suits

"There he is!"

"Just run! Get out of there!" Oracle ordered.

"On it!" Joker answered as he jumped his way to a balcony.

"Ok, the enemies focus in on him," Mona said. "Looks like the rest of us can slip away."

"Everyone remember where we're meeting up?" Asked Noir.

"No worries, I can guide you all," Oracle said. Joker jumped on top of the balcony.

"Stop right there!" One of the suits who ran in front of him shouted.

"You won't get away!" Shouted the other. Both shaped into the form of shadows. A third landed right behind Joker. The masked young man turned slowly to the shadow.

"Take 'em down, Joker!" Cheered Panther. Joker smirked and jumped straight into the air with a flip. He landed on the shadow and gripped it's mask and ripped right off its face. Joker stared as the shadow transformed into a Sacrificial Pyrekeeper.

Joker stood ready with his dagger as he got ready to fight.

"Comparing power levels..." Oracle examined. "No threat. Get 'em, Joker!"

Joker only cockily smirked at the shadow as he ripped off his mask. "Persona!"

-O-

"Everyone else, head to positions!" Oracle said. "Use route B!" The group of teens wearing different outfits and mask ran down a long hallway

"Is there a door or somethin' down here?" Skull said.

"There is," Oracle said. "Just keep going." Everyone kept their sprint down the long hallway and made it to a dead end with only two ways to go. Left or Right

"Which way?" Said Fox.

"Oracle?" Queen asked. "Where's that door you were talking about?"

"Let me see..." Oracle looked at her screens that were in front of her. "It's..." Oracle began to say until...

"Hold it right there, thieves!" Shouted a shadow down the hall followed by a second shadow.

"Damn," Cursed Wolf. "Looks like we're gonna have to pick away then!"

"Which way is it, Oracle?" Skull asked.

"Right!" Oracle nodded. "We go right!"

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Wolf said. "Let's go then." The group started running with both shadows on their tail.

"How's Joker?" Panther asked.

"Oh..." Oracle said, eyeing her screens. "He's doing just fine."

-O-

Joker easily defeated the Sacrificial Pyrekeeper with a final attack.

"Okay, pull out before there back up gets here," Oracle said. "Joker has emerged victorious."

"Good, Joker," Mona said. "You defeated them with ease."

"More of them!?" Oracle announced. "Be careful!"

Three more shadows appeared in front of Joker. One tried to attack him but her only back-flipped to avoid it. Joker hopped up to an upper level.

"Joker, behind you! Go through that door!" Joker did as the hacker said and dashed through the door.

You should be able to get out that way! Hurry!"

"Dude, can he even hear us!?"

"Don't worry, I'm picking up everyone's voices. Just go, Joker!"

"I'm on it!" Joker answered. He started running through the darkened halls.

-O-

The others managed to escape the two shadows chasing them. Everywhere they went were men in black searching for them. The best course of action was to hide and stick to the shadows.

"Tch! We got away from a bunch of those guys in black," Skull said. "But there're still loads more of 'em."

"Right?" Wolf agreed. "No matter where we go, they're on us."

"Oracle?" Noir said. "Are we almost out of here?"

"Yep!" Oracle nodded. "There should be a window up ahead where we can escape out of!"

"Excellent!" Crow said. "Let us be on our way!" The group outfitted teens sneaked past the rest of the suits trying to find them. The group made it to the window Oracle talked about but it was guarded by a shadow.

"Great," Skull groaned. "A shadow is standing right where we need to go."

"We should dispatch it and quickly," Crow suggested. "So we can make our way out."

"Who's gonna be the one to take off its mask?" Fox asked.

"I can do it," Wolf said.

"Are you sure...?" Noir asked a bit worriedly.

"I'll be okay, Noir," Wolf smiled at his teammate.

"O-Okay," Noir nodded. Wolf got into position to get ready to take on the shadow. He sneaked his way toward it and jumped on top of it.

"Let's see who you are!" Wolf ripped off the mask and it transformed into a giant blue elephant standing on its hind legs wearing a gold helmet carrying a sword. A being called a Ganesha

"This'll be easy!" Oracle said. "Let's end this quickly!"

The rest of the team joined Wolf in fighting the Ganesha. The Ganesha swung it's sword horizontally toward the team but everyone dodged backward to avoid it. Wolf unsheathed his long sword.

"Physical attacks have no effect on this one!" Oracle said. Wolf nodded his head and pulled out his AS50 Sniper Rifle and aimed.

"Gunfire should do the trick!" Oracle said. The team pulled out their guns and began firing on the Ganesha. The shadow became enraged at all the gunfire and attacked. It ran at Wolf and slashed at him but he jumped back and avoided the sword slash which he blocked with his own.

The Ganesha shoved him back and swung it's arm and knocked Wolf back.

"Gah!" Wolf yelled as he flew back to the ground.

"Wolf!" Noir screamed.

"I'm... alright," Wolf grunted. The Ganesha's attention was on Wolf as it stomped over to him to finish him. The rest of the group pulled out their guns and fired on the shadow. Round after round. Noir made one well-placed shot with her grenade launcher to the head of the enemy.

The Ganesha fell over on its knees and dissipated to the ground. Noir put away her grenade launcher and ran to Wolf. She put an arm around him and a hand on his chest as she gently lifted him up. Wolf was about to tell her she didn't have to worry about him so much but he realized it's just how she is and she's got her reasons for worrying about him.

"We must go," Crow suggested. "Enemies most likely heard the gunfire."

"Yes," Fox nodded. "Let us be on our way."

"We gotta go out the window," Oracle said. "Through there we can get out of the palace." All of them made it through the window and into an alleyway showing that they made it out.

"Everyone okay?" Mona asked everyone. Everyone glanced at one another and nodded, each of them breathing.

"I'm okay, Noir," Wolf said as he was being held up by Noir.

"Are you sure...?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm good," Wolf smiled and nodded. "Just a bit winded."

"Okay..." Noir nodded and let go of him. "That shadow hit you pretty hard and-" She stopped her words as Wolf tenderly touched her cheek with his gloved hand. She felt her cheeks burn a bit as he did.

"You're worrying too much," He grinned at her.

"You ...amaze me," Noir said softly as she smiled at him as well. The moment the two were having was interrupted by a gasp. Everyone looked at the source of the sound.

-O-

Joker had several lights pointed at him. He was staring at a whole army of police.

"Enemies here!?" Oracle screamed.

"What's wrong?" Crow asked sounding concerned.

"These readings! It can't be!?" Oracle said.

"What happened!?" Skull exclaimed.

"An ambush!?" Panther gasped.

"Joker, can you handle this!?" Mona asked.

"Joker!" Yelled Wolf.

"Joker!" Repeated Fox.

"Oh no!" Noir screamed.

"Capture him!" Shouted a police officer. The police began chasing after the leader of the Phantom Thieves. Joker leaped to a ladder and grabbed hold of it. He smirked as he climbed up on it. He assumed that he was actually on his way to escaping. Until making it to the top he saw there were more police waiting for him.

Joker gasped in shock as one of the police took the butt of his gun and rammed the butt of the gun right into Joker's face. Joker yelled in shock and fell right into the crowd of police.

"Suspect secure!" Shouted one of the police. A detective made his way through the crowd. He stopped right next to Joker who was held down by police.

"Didn't expect to find some kid," Said the detective. "You have your teammate to thank for this." He knelt down to grasp Joker's head. "You were sold out."

"What...?" Was all Joker said?

"Suspect confirmed!" An officer shouted. "Cuff him!" Handcuffs were placed on Joker's wrist.

-O-

"Damn..." Ryuji grunted.

"Yes," Yusuke nodded. "It's quite a sad sight to watch our leader being taken like this."

"We... we should go home," Makoto suggested. "They'll be looking for us."

"Right," Nodded Morgana. "Now, all we gotta do is wait to put our plan into action."

"Hey, guys..." Hiro said. "Akechi's gone."

"Yeah, he disappeared a few moments ago," Futaba said. "We should go."

"Yes, that'd be best," Haru said. The group were still in their outfits and began walking away. All except for one.

"Hey, Ann!" Ryuji called. "What're ya doin'!?" Ann said nothing. She only stood watching Joker being taken away.

"Ann-chan?" Haru walked up to Ann. Haru's mask was sitting on the front of her hat.

"You guys go on ahead," Hiro said to the rest of the group. "Haru and I will handle Ann." The group complied and started walking. Hiro and Haru walked up to the girl.

"He's... gonna be okay, right?" Ann said sadly.

"He'll be okay, Ann," Hiro said, his Wolf mask placed on his head. "He's our leader. He can handle anything."

"Okay, but..." Ann hugged herself tentatively.

"He'll be fine," Haru assured her with a smile. "Here, come on." Ann started walking with Haru, Haru had an arm around Ann's shoulder as the two walked.

Hiro watched them walk away as he stared back at the large group of police that had his group's leader. Hiro remembers that very day he met his leader and friend.

The day he met... Ren Amamiya.

-O-

A teenage boy by the age of 17 years old walked out a bathroom who just got finished taking a shower. He was shirtless and barefoot but wearing a pair of black shorts. He was drying off his hair with a towel as he walked back to his bedroom. As he got in and shut the door he walked to the mirror in his room. He finished drying his hair taking his towel off his head revealing his silvery-white hair that was straight and slightly spiky. He looked in the mirror getting a good look at himself. Light-skinned with brown colored eyes.

"Hiro!" A woman's voice called. "Get down here and come get breakfast before it gets cold!"

"Okay!" Hiro called back. Hiro wasn't his actual name. His name is Yasuhiro Nakamura. "Hiro" was a just a nickname he tells people to call him since he believes people calling him "Yasuhiro" is a bit of a mouthful. "Just give me a minute to get dressed, Mom!"

"Hurry down!" His mother called back up.

School started a few days ago for the first term at Shujin Academy. Hiro was putting on his uniform. He wore the standard black Shujin blazer and under it, he wore a white dress shirt both unbuttoned revealing a light grey v-neck t-shirt, the standard Shujin red, and black plaid pants and a pair of black converse sneakers. The finishing touch that he never goes without is his light-grey bandana scarf that's tied around his neck. He grabbed his school bag and packed in supplies and books as well as his binder and his camera and made his way downstairs.

He marched his way down the steps and caught sight of his family eating breakfast. First was his father, Akitoshi Nakamura. He was a man with a mature and clean-shaven face and brown eyes. His skin was a light tone and he had short black hair. He was wearing a dark blue dress shirt with a brown tie and black slacks and sipping a cup of coffee while looking over a newspaper.

His mother, Junko, was a woman with a pretty face and light skin. She had brown eyes and silvery-white hair just like Hiro's. Her hair reached down to her shoulders. She wore a silver long sleeve shirt and a tan skirt that reached down to her knees

Lastly was Hiro's 8-year-old sister, Hamuko, she had black hair much like Akitoshi and light skin. Her eyes were brown and she was wearing a purple hoodie long-sleeve shirt, a blue skirt and wore white tights under the skirt. Her own backpack was sitting next to her.

"Good morning, everyone." Hiro greeted with a smile and a small wave.

"You sure took your sweet time getting down here," Junko said with a risen eyebrow.

"I was getting ready for school," Hiro said. "Today is the start of the first term as well my third year."

"Are you going to be doing Volleyball again this year?" Akitoshi asked looking away from his newspaper. Junko came by and laid Hiro's breakfast in front of him. Just a plate of eggs and bacon with a side of toast.

"Well..." Hiro said and shook his head. "No."

"Oh..." His father said. "And why's that?"

"Did you have a problem with Mr. Kamoshida?" Junko asked questioningly.

"A problem?" Hiro said with another shake of his head. "No. Not at all. I just don't want to do Volleyball, alright. If it's alright, I'd like to focus on my studies so I can get into Tokyo University."

"Good deal," Akitoshi said with a smile. "Studying is important for students."

"Studying is boring," Hamuko said, eating her breakfast.

"Now, Hamuko..." Junko groaned at her daughter.

"Like Dad said, kiddo..." Hiro said to his young sister. "Studying is important. You'll know once you reach middle school and high school." His sister stuck her tongue at him. Hiro smiled and ruffled her hair lightly. He finished his breakfast and got up from his chair. "I gotta get going, I need to catch the train."

"The train?" Akitoshi said. "I could drop you off on my way to the police station. I'm gonna drive your sister down to school too."

"It's cool, Dad," Hiro said. "I'll be okay."

"Fine," Akitoshi said nodding. "But, be careful. There was a train accident not too long ago."

"I got it, Dad," Hiro waved. "You all have a good day."

"Bye, Bro!" Hamuko called.

"See ya, kiddo," Hiro said, once again ruffling his sister's hair. His mom hugged him.

"You be careful and have a good day," Junko said.

"Thanks, Mom," Hiro nodded. He grabbed his bag and started his walk down to the train station.

-O-

Hiro was on the train, listening to music on his phone through his earbuds. He was packed in with a bunch of other passengers. He was standing up and holding onto one of the straphangers. After a few minutes, his phone vibrated in his pocket. He took out his smartphone that has a black and white checkered design on it.

He looked at his message and a smile worked its way onto his face. The message he received was from a friend he made sometime during his second year. Her name was Haru Okumura.

[Chat IM]

[Haru O.: Good Morning, Hiro-Kun.]

Hiro smiled warmly. It was just like Haru to wish him or anyone "good morning". He started typing his reply.

[Hiro N.: Morning, Haru-San. I thought I'd see you on the train today?]

[Haru O.: Oh, yes... my father is having our personal driver to take me today.]

Hiro wasn't surprised at all. He knew that Haru came from a bit of wealthy family due to her father owning and running a big corporation in the food industry. So that meant they had their own personal family driver.

[Hiro N.: Ah, I see...]

[Hiro N.: Well, I'll see you at school.]

[Haru O.: Of course! I'll see you in class! I'm glad we're in the same class as last year!]

[Hiro N.: Me too. See ya!]

With that, the messages stopped coming and Hiro was going back to listening to music. Looking around he caught sight of a young man standing across from him. He looked to be about the same age as him. Most likely a year younger as Hiro caught sight of the number 2 on his blazer.

The uniform he was wearing was, in fact, Shujin's uniform. He wore the blazer, the white turtleneck, and the pants and black shoes. He had frizzy black hair and wore a pair of big glasses over his onyx doe-like eyes.

"He looks new...?" Thought Hiro. "Because I've never seen him before? If he goes to Shujin then I'll see him around."

-O-

Hiro got off the train and walked his way down to Shujin. As he made his way there he was stopped by a car that was a silver color. The car stopped on the sidewalk next to him as he himself stopped walking. The window to the car rolled down and revealed a man with black, unkempt curly hair, a square long chin and wore a tracksuit.

Hiro mentally grunted in his head as he knew who this man was. This was Suguru Kamoshida. The man inside the car gave Hiro a toothy smile.

"Ah, good morning, Nakamura!" Said Kamoshida. "This rain is something, huh? You're gonna be drenched by the time you get to Shujin."

"Good, Morning, Mr. Kamoshida," Hiro said. "Well, the rain isn't that bad so I'll be just fine."

"Haha! Come now..." Laughed Kamoshida. "How about I give you a ride? It wouldn't hurt to give my former and best player a lift to school." Hiro thought for a second int his head but shook his head.

"That's okay... sir..." Hiro sighed. "But I think I can make to school just fine."

"Fine," Kamoshida said. The man's eyes looked forward and saw a certain female student walking down the street. "Well, don't be late, Nakamura." Kamoshida gave Hiro a smile and closed his window and drove off.

Hiro watched the man drive off. Hiro used to be a former player of Kamoshida's volleyball team. He quit due to... certain reasons. As the Coach drove off in his car someone ran right past Hiro and after the car.

This person who was running after the car had dyed blonde-hair that was styled in a fauxhawk.

"Sakamoto?" Thought Hiro.

-O-

Ren Amamiya stood under a store called "Jeunesse et Beaute" to stay out of the rain. He leaned against the wall as watched other students run past him. He looked down at his phone and saw that that strange app that kept appearing on his phone has come back.

"Seriously... again?" Thought Ren. Before he had a chance to delete the app someone stood under the store with him. It was actually a girl, Ren observed her outfit. She wore brown boots and red tights, he could see the Shujin Academy girl's skirt, she wore a varsity zip-up hoodie under the Shujin blazer. Her uniform was upgraded to her liking. She was flicking the water off her sleeve as Ren watched her. Her hood was over her head, she took hold of it and took it off.

Ren's eyes widened as she was revealed. Her hair was an ash-blonde color. She had two bushy pigtails. Ren could see she had ocean blue eyes and her skin was a light color. He couldn't help but think this girl was rather beautiful.

"So there are beauties like this at Shujin too." Ren thought. The girl finally recognized Ren was looking at her. Ren didn't know whether to say "hi" or "good morning" to her. The girl looked at him until she gave him a small smile but she then turned away from him.

Not too long after, a car rolled up to the sidewalk. The car's window opened to reveal a man with a long chin and big, curly hair. He was wearing a blue tracksuit.

"Good morning," The man said addressed to the girl. "You want me to give a ride to school? You're gonna be late."

"Um, sure, thank you," The girl said with a smile and walked to get into the car.

"Do you need a lift too?" The man asked Ren.

"Me? No, that's okay," Ren said waving off the invitation. The man started closing the window as Ren saw a look of sadness in the girl's eyes. The sound footsteps are heard when a young boy ran right past Ren and stared the car driving off.

"Damn it!" The boy growled. "Screw that pervy teacher!"

"Pervy teacher?" Ren said quietly in confusion.

"Huh?" The boy turned to Ren. The boy had dyed blonde hair styled in a fauxhawk, he had brown eyes and wore Shujin's uniform styled to his liking. He wore the blazer open, under he wore a yellow t-shirt that had a design with words that read "ZOMG!", the Shujin pants he wore were rolled up showing off his ankles and white sneakers.

Yasuhiro(Hiro) Nakamura joined them shortly afterward as the blonde-haired boy stepped up to Ren.

"What do you want?" The boy asked Ren vulgarly. "You plannin' on rattin' me out to Kamoshida?"

"What do you mean?" Asked Ren with a risen eyebrow.

"Huh?" The vulgar boy said in surprise. "In that car just now. It was Kamoshida." The boy scowled. "The guy does whatever the hell he wants. Who does he think he is? The king of the castle? Don't you agree?"

"The king of a castle?" Ren was now a bit more confused.

"No, I mean..." The boy started.

"Now, you're just confusing the poor guy," A voice said.

"Huh?" The boy looked over and saw Hiro standing not too far away from him and Ren. "Oh, hey, senpai. Didn't see ya there." Hiro wasn't surprised he didn't. Ryuji Sakamoto seemed too pre-occupied in running after Kamoshida to notice him.

"Hey there, Sakamoto," Greeted Hiro. "Its obvious our classmate here doesn't know who Kamoshida is. Are you perhaps transfer student?" Hiro asked Ren.

"Yes, I am," Ren nodded. "My name is Ren Amamiya. Nice to meet you."

"I'm Yasuhiro Nakamura," Hiro introduced. "Just call me Hiro if you want."

"I'm Ryuji Sakamoto," Ryuji introduced, he noticed the number 2 badge on Ren's blazer. "A Second-year, huh... we're the same grade then. No wonder you didn't know who Kamoshida was. Like I said, guy, thinks he's the king of the castle. Do you think so too, senpai? I mean, you were on his volleyball team, right?"

"Hmm?" Hiro hummed in thought. "Yeah, Kamoshida does act like a king." Hiro shook his head. "Anyway, I think we should start heading to Shujin now."

"Yeah, I guess," Ryuji said. "This rain ain't too bad. We better hurry up, or we'll be late."

"I agree," Hiro nodded. "Let's..." The three began walking until they all felt separate headaches.

"I'm feeling a bit light-headed..." Ren said clutching his head.

"Yeah..." Groaned Hiro. "What was that just now? My heads killing me."

"Same," Ryuji groaned. "Dammit... I wanna go home..."

The teens began walking down the street and into an alleyway that was a shortcut to Shujin. As the trio made their trek through the alley Ren looked behind himself. Did something feel off to him?

"Hey, you okay?" Hiro asked.

"Yeah... it's just..." Ren said.

"Wha-!?" Said Ryuji from up ahead.

"Was that Sakamoto-san?" Ren asked.

"Yeah," Hiro asked. "Let's go." Hiro and Ren found Ryuji standing completely still. "Hey, Sakamoto, what's the... matter?" Hiro's expression matched Ryuji's. Eyes wide.

"What is that?" Ren wondered in shock like the other two. The three were looking at a castle. A large castle that reached way up into the darkened sky. "Um, did we take a wrong turn?" Ren asked.

"We didn't come the wrong way though...?" Ryuji said. "Yeah, this should be right?"

"This is bizarre..." Hiro said. "What's going on?"

"Guess we'll just have to go and ask," Ryuji said.

"If you say so...?" Hiro said, he looked at Ren and nodded then followed Ryuji. Ren followed the two into the castle that could most likely be Shujin Academy.

Alright! This is the rewritten chapter of chapter 1. As of right now, Hiro and Haru are only friends but they'll become a couple later as will Ren and Ann.

Hiro is also joining Ren and Ryuji in the very beginning in the castle of Lust.

Hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of my rewrite for Wolf of the Phantom thieves.

Review if you like and tell me what you think. Got any ideas?

I'll see you guys next time.

Later!