-Kaminari Sutoraiki (Present): Mirror World [Glam Pitheatre]-

"(I really need to start getting here earlier, but then again who would ever be eager to traverse to a forlorn place beside me and the others. Either way, from what I know we should be getting near Noboru, the kid who went missing earlier. Who would of thought that he would of been whisked away to such a dangerous and inhospitable place... Looks like I was right on the money about the cults involvement with this whole thing as I did overhear two people mentioning that they could see another world. Either way, it's important that no one else falls into this hell hole, otherwise they may suffer at the hands of these shadows!)"

As the group began tearing through the shadows, myriads of them appeared before the group, ready to destroy them. Rui impatiently rushed forward, summoning his persona to task care of them before Kami sighed at how the boy was rushing to get this over with. He must of been worried to his friends safety so it was sort of understandable in the way he was acting. However, he felt he was sort of getting reckless, and quickly summoned his persona to assist in the fight. As he did so, he brandished his sword at the enemy, and rushed on forward as the blue aura around him began to glow and form Zeus who made quick work out of one of the shadows with a simple slash from the duos weapons. However, he partially let his guard down, and was almost hit by the shadow, if not for Sachikos interference. Kami gave a quick smile to Sachiko as the duo quickly finished the last shadow without the use of their personas. As the two pieces of them began to return to whence they came, he heard Megumi speak over the navigation. She began notifying that the trio were almost at the center of the place, which was rather relieving to hear.

"Thanks for the update Megumi! Come on, let us make haste while making waste to these grim creatures... I may not know your buddy too well Rui, but we are going to rescue him and take him back to our realm. I honestly wonder what this place is going to be like at the heart of all of it..."

As he pondered this, he continued to make the effort of pushing on, even with the shadows he faced. Kami felt invincible while taking down these bizarre monsters due to the fact that he was traversing down these halls with his allies. He cut down shadow after shadow along with his formiddable allies with ease due to them working as a team. This whole adventure didn't seem at all to be impossible since they were all helping each other out. However, he heard the constant voice of Noboru taunting them as they made it closer and closer to where he was. The voice sounded a bit warped from what he could hear, and felt a bad feeling within him well up. Kami wondered since Noboru was here would they encounter his shadow soon? This was a question he continuously asked himself as he ascended to the top of this dungeon with his allies.

After a little while longer, they finally made it to the top, and the group was shrouded in darkness. Suddenly, lights began turning on which partially blinded Kami as he swiftly shielded his eyes. As he did so, he heard the same familiar voice that resonated throughout the dungeon. He quickly returned his attention to the ring, discovering that there was... two Noboru? No, that wasn't the real one, and it was blatantly obvious due to the glowing eyes and the warped way he spoke to the group. He easily identified this as Noborus Shadow, which meant he like the others had to deal with the shadow himself and accept it. The shadow smelled a bit like oil and gasoline, and he pondered upon the shadows choice of smell. Each of these beings had some sort of meaning from what he could tell, and were a part of their hidden psyche. Either way, Kami wondered what troubled the boy, and began to dual wield his stun baton. He would need to be prepared for what will happen since that Noboru was hostile and possibly summoned those shadows to defeat them and send them to their doom. As he did this, he quickly dashed forward to check on Noborus state, but he wasn't allows into the ring. Kami quickly noticed that the boy was coming out of his unconscious state.

"(Come on Noboru, I feel you can make it through this guy! Don't let him get the best of you, and let him toy with your emotions!... Now that I think about it, what happens if a shadow is denied?... Oh god, I do not want to think of that possibility happening, as who knows what might happen?)"