Hi, it's me… again. Look, I know I haven't worked on EM in a decent amount of time. I've been burnt out from writing that, so I thought a new story would help with that. Maybe it will, maybe it won't. We'll see, I guess.

Anyway, welcome to Soul Based. I'm making it a crossover between Persona (specifically 4) and RWBY. Hope this works out as well as it sounded in my head. Also, pardon if there are missing 'H's, my H key is a bit bugged and I might miss the errors when I proof read.

Without any further ado, I don't own either of the franchises. So… here we go!

'Yu Narukami. That's my name… right?' I thought to myself, shaking my head groggily. 'Yeah… that's gotta be it' With that in my mind, I sat up to look around. 'Where am I? And why can't I remember anything?!' I yelled mentally, looking at my sylvan surroundings. I stood up, surveying the quiet clearing. I patted myself down to see what I had on my person. All I had on me was my Yasogami uniform, my glasses, and my katana. 'At least I got a weapon just in case…'

Faint sounds of birds chirping echoed through the silence. I decided to try to climb up a tree to help see where I was. Branch by branch, I managed to see enough through the leaves. Lifting my free arm up to shade my eyes from the bright sun, I scanned the horizon, stopping as soon as I saw the skyscrapers. 'Just gotta make it to there…' I hopped down off the tree and started to walk towards the city in the distance.

On my way there, I tried to recollect my memories. The most I could muster out of the fog of my mind were three things:

I have a being I can summon from my soul called a Persona. I can't remember the name...

I was fighting beasts inside of a TV.

I was getting help from a man named Igor and a woman named Margret.

With those three shards now in my head, I came to the conclusion that I must be inside the TV somehow. Shaking my head, I increased my pace in case the beasts were in this seemingly peaceful forest. Every so often, I'd hear rustling in the shrubs beside me. This only encouraged me to move faster. 'Gotta move quick. No use dying here now that I need to get my memories back.'

After about an hour of jogging toward the city, I heard something growing closer behind me, stalking me. Stopping in my tracks, I turned around and prepared myself. Steeling my nerves, I braced for impact as a wolf-like beast leapt out of the trees. Taking a blow from the beasts tackle, I rolled to absorb the impact. I drew my katana and charged towards the jet-black beast. Dodging the slow and clearly choreographed attacks of the wolf, I slash upwards, cutting deep into it. The beast howled in pain and jumped away from me. It started to circle me, looking for an opening.

"No more games…" I whispered. Closing my eyes and focusing on the truth bubbling from my soul, a card bestowed itself to me. I reached out towards it. "The time… is now!" I shouted, crushing the card in my hand.

"Persona!"

[Meanwhile]

"Sir, there seems to be a burst of Aura coming from the north side of the Emerald Forest," a blonde woman said, handing a tablet to a grey haired man. He declined to look, simply lowering it.

"Glynda. That's not Aura… Can I trust you in checking out what caused this?" The man said, sipping his coffee.

"Of course, sir. I'll be off," Glynda said, quickly leaving the office.

Rising from my soul came Izanagi of the fool arcana. The summoning blew back the wolf a few yards. I smirked, "Zio!" I commanded, with Izanagi unleashing a bolt of electricity upon it. Seeing my chance, I rushed forward at my target. The beast was still paralyzed, leaving it open to a dual attack from Izanagi and I. Lunging with my blade in hand, my persona and I cleaved through the demonic wolf. What was left was nothing but the fading remains of my enemy.

As I sat down to rest, Izanagi retreated back to my soul. "Way too much excitement for a guy who just woke up, huh…" I muttered before being hit with a surprise; a screen popped up in front of me. 'What the…?'

[Level up! You and (Main Persona) Izanagi are now Level 2!]

[HP: 150/150]

[SP (AP): 75/75]

[Exp: 50/200]

[New skill! Raikouzan (Light Electric attack): You can now fuse some of Izanagi's power of lightning within your blade!]

[Memory gained! Multiple Personas: You remember you can somehow hold more than one persona within your soul!]

[Lien gained: 400]

[Close]

'... I'm hallucinating from not drinking enough water, yeah?' I thought, tapping the little 'Close' button and the screen disappeared. 'But that little box was right, I suddenly know how to use that attack and that memory did come back… Considering all the weird stuff that happened in the past few hours, why should I even be surprised?' I mused, laying down against a tree. Last thing I saw before embracing unconsciousness was a blonde woman with glasses and a riding crop walking towards me.

I opened my eyes only to be greeted by Igor and Margaret seated in the limo.

"Welcome to the Velvet room. It seems your journey as our guest has taken quite a turn," Igor said, waving his gloved hand.

"Indeed. It is still my duty to help you during these trying times. I will provide assistance when necessary," Margaret said in her monotone voice. "I sadly cannot assist you with your memories, but I can help explain the new power you had gained in this new world," she said, opening her book. "It seems you have awakened a visible form of seeing your progress. I'll simply call it the "Gamer" ability, as it displays itself as if your life was now a game. That is all I can tell you as of now, I'm afraid," she smiled as she closed the book. "Oh, and be sure not to seduce every girl you happen to meet in this world, intentionally or not. Farewell."

And darkness had its hold of me once again.

Et voila! Whatcha think? Good? Bad? Downright shitty? Any thoughts are appreciated, really. I just need to get back into writing, in all honesty.

Anyway, that was the first chapter of Soul Based. No beta reader this time around, RIP me, amirite? I tried to incorporate the RPG mechanics of the Persona series. I'll keep it to a minimum, really. I plan on it only coming into play for skills for the personas and not for Narukami himself. That being said, skills that buff/debuff will still be able to be learned, including healing moves (Dia, Media, Diarama, etc.). So I hope this'll play out well as I hope!

Sincerely your dumbass writer,

Tobi