Joker Kills a Witch (Persona Record Chapter 8)

**Joker Kills a Witch** is Chapter 8 in Persona Record and The 8th Chapter in The Persona Record Series,

## Joker Kills a Witch

### First Published

May 28th 2020 April 29th 2021 (Spanish)

April 30th 2021 (Japanese)

### Characters in Chapter

Ren Amamiya, Yuma Chitose, Iroha Tamaki, Ui Tamaki, Tsuruno Yui, Felicia Mitsuki, Sana Futaba, Futaba Sakura, Haru Okumura, Pernelle Flamel, Mitama Yakumo, Makoto Niijima, Riz Hawkwood, Lapin, Yachiyo Nanami, Ann Takamaki, Ryuji Sakamoto, Melissa de Vignolles, Elisa Celjska, Alina Gray, Yusuke Kitagawa, Justine & Caroline, Tart, Corbeau, Witch: Zenobia, Morgana, Kirika Kure, Oriko Mikuni, Minou,

Previous Chapter: Historical Magical Girls, Next Chapter: Iroha Captured

## **Chapter 8 Info**

*With Ren Stuck in a Palace, His Friends and The Magical Girls Make a Plan to Save him, During This Ren Meets a Young Magical Girl Named Yuma Chitose who a Wondered inside the Palace with another Magical Girl friend of hers, Ren Decides to help Yuma find the other magical girl while continuing his Search for Tart, But what will happen as they go face to face with the Witch with Ren unable to summon Arsene, and Iroha coming to Shibuya to Stop Walpurgisnacht, Will The magical girls be able to help the Phantom Thieves in Time to Save there Leader and Shibuya!?*

## **Chapter 8 Synopsis**

Ren Looks at the Little Girl, and remembers her as being the Little Girl he saw a the Park when Talking with Ryuji and Morgana about Homura Akemi, The Little Girl then Approach's him once he lowed her Knife and this made him uncomfortable as he did not know the little girl, That is when he Noticed the Little Girl had a Silver Ring on Her Finger which showed she was a Magical Girl.

He asked this to her, and she asked if he knew magical girls, Ren said she could say that then his wound on his arm started to hurt, This Worried The Little Girl, But Ren Told her not to worry because it was only a Flesh Wound, The Little Girl then claimed that she could heal Ren as she had Healing Powers as a Magical Girl, The Little Girl Turned into a Magical Girl and Went to Ren and Healed his arm as it started not to Hurt as bad then it did before.

Ren Then Thank the Girl for Healing Him, she said she was welcomed by his Thanks, then Ren had some Questions to ask the Little Girl, he asked if she will answer them and she replayed with a Yes and said it depended on the Question, The First Question Ren asked the Little Girl was her Name, The Little Girl Replayed that her Name was Yuma Chitose and that she was a Magical Girl from Mitakihara,

Ren was surprised to see Yuma was from Mitakihara as well, Yuma asked if he knew another magical girl from Mitakihara, and Ren Mentioned Homura Akemi he was about to get back to his Second Question, Until Yuma Interrupted him saying she knew Homura and that she was friend of Kyoko Sakura, He then repeated his second question keeping what Yuma said in Mind when seeing Homura again if it was a possible and she was not hostile then she was then first meeting her. He asked Yuma how she ended up in the Palace.

Yuma was Confused on what Ren meant by Palace, as she thought the place they were in was a Witches Labyrinth, But she continued what she said that she saw a Familiar pass by when she was with Kirika Kure and the Got Spited Up from her, Ren asked Yuma to Explain Kirika, and Yuma Explained at Kirika was the Magical Girl she was with then coming into the Palace when sense a Witch was Nearby.

Yuma mentioned the Familiar she saw again and how it was acting strange and not acting like a Familiar should, as she said that Familiar was looking for someone and not protracting it's witch and it should not be doing that unless the witch was dead or it has Wondered off and needs to make an escape or some sort, Ren kept what Yuma said as something to know, then Yuma asked him knowing he was not a magical girl but could tell her was something else.

Ren Told that he was a Phantom Thief, and that People Call him as Joker, Yuma asked Joker, and Ren answered her, Yuma asked him that it was not safe here and that they had to Leave and find Kirika, Yuma asked if he would help her Find Kirika, Ren agreed to help Yuma as He believed Kirika sense she was watching Yuma must be worried for her, Yuma Thanked Ren and Ren said they better go quickly before the Familiar Yuma saw finds them, Yuma asked Ren to Follow her to the Place where she was with Kirika hoping to start there, Ren Hoped His Friends will find a way to get him out of the Palace and stop the Shadow who ran the Palace.

Back in Kamihama City, Iroha was still in her Maid Dress and thinking about what Lavanza had told them and the Girls, Ui said they should tell Yachiyo she asked Iroha to try and call her and see if she was available, Iroha was surprised she didn't think about it before and asked Tsuruno to Give her back her Cell Phone as she was still holding it, Tsuruno gave back the Cell phone and said sorry for taking it earlier, Iroha said they will deal with it later, Iroha called Yachiyo but she stumble across Ren's Contact Info and Wondered Maybe he Knew who Lavanza, Caroline and Justine, Felicia was Confused on who Caroline and Justine were, and Iroha Mentioned they were also from the Velvet Room just like Lavanza.

Felicia then asked Iroha to call him already and said he had to be over the video she accidentally sent before, This Made Iroha Nervous when remembering it ans she then called him but he did not answer, Sana Wondered if he was busy, Iroha try calling Yachiyo and she too did not pick up her cell phone, Ui was Confused and wondered why Ren and Yachiyo were not answering her cell phones, Sana then Got an idea she can call Futaba as she had her Number on her Phone. Tsuruno was surprised that Sana had Futaba's Number, and Felicia told Sana to Call Futaba right away.

Sana Does that, Iroha Worries for Ren she felt that something was wrong when she could not get in touch with him, and that they need to contact him as soon as possible. In Mementos Futaba is With Makoto, Pernelle, Haru and Mitama, when she gets the call from Sana, Sana is glad to see Futaba had answered and Tell them what is going on and what may happen in Shibuya, Sana Explain about how Iroha was talk to Ren about a Girl who Appear at Mikazuki Villa Named Lavanza, she asked if Ren Knows a Place called the Velvet Room if he has told about to Futaba and the others.

Futaba was Shocked to see that Lavanza was at Mikazuki Villa, Haru then asked Sana why they could not have called Ren and Sana explained they tried but he wouldn't answered they tried calling yachiyo but she didn't answered as well, Futaba Explained They were in Mementos and that Yachiyo was with them but was split up from them and was with Ann. Pernelle then asked if they said "Iroha", Iroha was shocked to see Pernelle was there, Haru explained it was a long story, Mitama asked Iroha if she Meant Joker as in Ren, Iroha said yes and Recapped that Ren Amamiya was her Childhood from 10 years ago.

Pernelle was a little bit Surprised but asked if Iroha could explain more about Lavanza, Iroha then said that she said something about Walpurgisnacht, Futaba Found saying Walpurgisnacht hard to pronounce, Haru said the Walpurgisnacht is German and it is a Name for a German Festival, Futaba now saw what Walpurgisnacht Meant, Pernelle then said she had never heard of a witch by the Name Walpurgisnacht before, Mitama Explain it is Very bad and that it will Cause Trouble if it was in Shibuya, Mitama said that had to Destroy Walpurgisnacht Grief Seed Permanently Before it Destroys Shibuya.

Makoto was shocked by this, Mitama reassured they do not know if it might Destroy Shibuya yet, Futaba said they need to Hurry and find the Girls that her with Pernelle as soon as Possible, Then on the Phone Iroha said she was coming to Shibuya, Makoto told her it was a bad idea and that she should stay in Kamihama, Iroha said she will be fine and that she had Defeated Walpurgisnacht before and that she can do it again if necessary, and she can get her Friend Madoka and her Team out there to join in as well.

Futaba the asked what would Yachiyo say about it, Iroha said she knows what to do and that she was coming even Yachiyo does not want her too, Futaba said ok and asked Iroha to be careful she said they had to go and they will Tell Joker that she had called, Iroha thanked Futaba, Futaba had asked Iroha to called her By Oracle as that was her Code name when as a Phantom Thief, Iroha did just that and they Hang up, Haru said let's go. when Futaba got a Reading that she picked up someone was nearby but could not make it out if it was only a Shadow at the Moment.

They Went to where Futaba had picked up the Possible Shadow Reading when they discovered it was coming from Riz Hawkwood who was in a Fight with one of the 3 Sisters, Lapin. Lapin was happy to see she had more things to play with as she put it, Haru remarked Lapin saying that they are not People to be Messed with, Lapin the laughed at them and attacked, But they all dodged Futaba then ordered Haru and Makoto to attacked Lapin back, Makoto Summoned Johanna, and used an attacked at Lapin but she dodged it, Lapin was impressed to Finally see the Powers of Persona in Action she called the Ability impressive.

Riz was Surprised as well, Mitama said it was a long story, The Futaba told Haru it was Time to attack as there was now an Opening, Haru used persona Milady to Shoot Lapin, The attack from Milady Hit Lapin, Makoto said to Lapin to stop fighting as they did not wanted to hurt her even more, Riz told Lapin there was nowhere to go as she was surrounded, Lapin didn't seem to care much as the told about the Plan with her sisters that once they had Walpurgisnacht the "Fortress" they had will be Doomed. Futaba then Correct her Two times saying that it was a City called Tokyo and second that they were in a District called Shibuya, and that they were not going to let them get there hands on that Grief Seed.

Lapin Didn't seem to care much as said they had won this round but told them they will not win next time they meet and now she was taking her leave, Lapin in Disappeared, Makoto Told Futaba to Track her Down, But Futaba could not as Lapin was already gone by then, But Futaba had gone Data on Lapin in case they do run into her again, Riz was Impressed by There Powers, Riz asked if Cube gave them the Powers and were they Magical Girls, Futaba said they did not know who Cube was, Haru explain there powers are called persona and that they are called Persona-Users and that they were from the Team, The Phantom Thieves of Heats.

Makoto said that they were on Riz's side meaning they there good guys like her, Riz could see that as they seem to know there way around Mementos, She asked if they knew where tart was, Makoto said they had not, Then Ryuji, Ann Yusuke, Alina, Yachiyo with Melissa & Elisa, Futaba asked Ann what was going on as she had called out to them in a Panic, Ryuji explained that Ren got Trapped Palace and how it's location disappeared, Makoto found it impossible, Riz asked if the Palaces were what they call for Labyrinths, Ann correct her saying they were not Labyrinths but similar, Haru explained that Ren was a Childhood Friend of Iroha, if he was in danger and in need of help or had gotten hurt Iroha would be very upset.

Yachiyo saw Riz, and Riz saw her seeing she was there, the Melissa and Elisa interrupted them glad to see Riz was ok, they asked Riz if tart was with her as she was always were with her, But Riz said she was unfortunately not, Alina said they were going to find her, But she however want to get it over already as she wanted to get out of Mementos once all of it was over, Yusuke Told Alina they will live soon but right now Ren's safety was more important, Ann asked Ryuji where the Palace was from last time, and he said that now they have everyone they will head to the last place the Palace was at and see if they can enter it again.

Futaba had Told Yachiyo of what happen when Iroha called she explained Walpurgisnacht & and Iroha coming to Shibuya, Yachiyo was not happen about this, Haru explain they try to make Iroha reconsider but she still insisted in coming, Yachiyo said she will deal with Iroha later when she gets here as of right now there main preparatory was to look out for Ren, Back in Kamihama Iroha changed back in her School Uniform and Head to The Train Station to catch a Train to Shibuya, She was Stopped by Ui, Tsuruno, Sana and Felicia who wanted to come too Iroha said no but they Insisted with that they met Caroline and Justine who offered them another way to get to Shibuya Faster by using the Velvet Room as a sort of Gateway From Kamihama to Shibuya.

Caroline and Justine had also Revealed themselves to be Part of Lavanza as well, when getting to Shibuya, Caroline had told them to use there cell phones to enter mementos as that's Where the Phantom Thieves were right now, The Metaverse Navigator Appeared on Her Phones and Took them too Mementos where they became Magical Girls, But when they entered they got split up from Iroha and Caroline who found themselves in the Palace Ren was Trapped Inside, back with Ren and Yuma they came to where Yuma said she was with Kirika before losing her inside the Palace, There a Familiar of Zenobia attacked Ren Try to Help but was still out of Energy and could not Summon his Persona Arsene to Help. They had heard a Voice telling them to Look out as well.

Yuma in Fear had Killed the Familiar by herself by Smashing it with her Weapon, Yuma was happy the she killed a familiar by herself, Ren Question who was the Voice they heard called out to them when the Familiar attack then a Magical Girl Appeared from another hallway it was Tart, she asked if they were ok, Tart was Surprised to See a Young Magical Girl like Yuma, Yuma said she was a Protector of Kyoko, Ren asked Tart if she was "La Pucelle", Tart asked if Ren Knew about her, and He said he Met one of her friends and that they was looking for her.

Tart was Glad to hear that her friends were looking for her as she was looking for them, Ren said he would help tart after they find a way out of the Palace, Tart had Confused it for a Castle and she mention seeing "Familiars" around when they attacked her, Ren asked if she meant by Shadows and did she attacked them, Yuma asked Tart if she had seen Kirika, Ren explained Kirika was the One who was looking out for Yuma, Trat asked Yuma what did Kirika look like, Yuma explained what Kirika's Magical Girl Form looked like and that it Resemble a Vampire, Tart seem to not know what a Vampire was, Ren told not to worry on it for not knowing it well.

That is when Corbeau attacked seeing that she i had found Ren, Trat went to protect Ren and Yuma and told them to escape and that she will deal with Corbeau, Tart said she will follow later, Corbeau didn't really care if she could not catch up them Zenobia was still around and Ren and Yuma were gonna find that out as They were running and Bumped into Zenobia who attacked them, Ren Protected Yuma from Zenobia Yuma had Mentioned she had not Fought a Witch alone before and that the last time she did that Iroha had to Came in and save her, Ren was Surprised that Yuma had Knew Iroha, Iroha had Zenobia from where she was with Caroline, Caroline thought the Witch Iroha Referred too was a an "Old Hag Witch", Iroha corrected saying they were the Monsters Magical Girls fight.

Iroha soul gem lead the way, and that is when Iroha felt the presents of other magical girl's magic, she recognized the Magic belong to Yuma, Tart and Corbeau. Iroha Told Caroline about Corbeau and Tart, Explaining that they were from the 15 century and that Tart was Joan of Arc, Caroline seemed not so happy to see that People from the 15 Century Including Joan of Arc were in 21st Century and that Joan of Arc was Magical Girl, Iroha said it was a long story then Shadows appeared they dealt with shadows, Caroline saying that she was gonna have a long talk with Tart about Time Traveling once they there done talking, Iroha also talked a little more about Yuma during the Fight, that she was only 11 years old and couldn't fight witches that well on her own, Caroline said it reminded her that she overheard one of her Siblings Mention about a Boy who was around Yuma's Age who was a Persona-User, but sense that was in 2009, the boy was now a Teenager.

They then went to follow there way to the witch and find Ren and Yuma, Justine and the other had bumped into Makoto with the others who were already in mementos, Tsuruno explain they use the Velvet room to get here, Justine quickly explain it to anyone else who was knew who didn't know about the Velvet room, Justine also explained they got separated from iroha and Caroline, they were able to enter the Palace, With that they went to go find Tart, Caroline, Iroha and Ren unaware Yuma was Ren, and soon after that they will deal with the Owner of the Palace.

The Magical Girls Could Tell a Witch was inhabiting the Palace, and Believed Iroha must be there with Ren, Back with tart Fighting Corbeau, Tart asked Corbeau why she was after Ren, Corbeau answered That Walpurgisnacht Grief Seed Calls Out to Him, She Taunted Iroha with Tart making Tart mad, when Corbeau hit Tart and was about to Finish her Until She was Stopped by Kirika Kure and Oriko Mikuni who were looking for Yuma, Tart asked if they were Magical Girls too and Oriko greeted herself to Tart, Kirika was in a Crazy mode and was ready to "kill" Corbeau, But Corbeau escaped before that could happen, Kirika was not happy about it but Oriko said she will get her one day.

Oriko asked Tart if she had seen Yuma, and Tart told that Yuma was with Ren and Pointed to the Direction they went together, Oriko felt the Area that Ren and Yuma headed down was filled with Trouble thanks to her Magical Girl Ability for Sensing it, they headed down the Path, Back with Ren and Yuma they dodged the attacks of Zenobia the Best they Could, Yuma was starting to get Scared and she felt Afraid that she fail her Promise to Kyoko that she would not fight a witch along without another magical girl to back her up if anything bad were to go wrong like this. Yuma was about to cry but Ren clammed her down a reminded her the Promise he made with her that he will help her find Kirika.

That is then Yuma Felt a Soul Gem nearby, Yuma identified the Magic from the Soul Gem being Iroha's, Yuma said she can use Telepathy that she learned from Kyubey to Contact Iroha, Ren was surprised Magical Girl's can Use Telepathy as Iroha Never Mentioned it before, Yuma said she will do it with Ren and Ren said they better do it in a Spot where the Witch will not find them, so they hid from the Witch and used Telepathy to Contact Iroha and it worked they were able to tell her what was going on that they were alright for now but they should hurry as they did not know if they will last long, as of that Zenobia had Found them and attack causing Caroline and Iroha to get to the sense quickly and Save Yuma and Ren From the Witch.

Yuma was hurt bad, Yuma then asked Ren to run awhile he can, but he refused to do that while she was hurt and was at a young age, Yuma had Mentioned she had been though worse, Ren Worried that help won't arrived soon then suspected, so He got up and deiced to Face Zenobia and Defeat it on his own and buy time, Yuma called out to Ren while he was attacking, Kirika saw what was happening but went to Yuma, Yuma explain that Ren had Protected her Before passing out from her Injures, Ren Used all his Energy he had left to Summon Arsene and with that he had Killed Zenobia, a Witch all on his Own as a Persona-User.

He Did as Iroha and Caroline came into area where the once was, Ren had Collapses from Excision, Trat had also came Oriko who had Witness Ren Kill the Witch, Ren Friends and the Other Magical Girl's came too, While Iroha try to Keep Ren awake, That is when Riz Felt something was up and she told everyone not to move, Trat had went to Iroha and Ren, Tart was then attacked by a Whip which came from Minou, That is when The Walpurgisnacht Grief seed appeared.

Minou the took the Grief Seed, and then she saw Iroha was Looking at her, Iroha the Yelled at Minou that she should put the Grief seed down as it was dangerous, However Minou didn't seem to care, Minou then had a Plan and that sense Iroha seemed to know a lot about the Walpurgisnacht she was going to take Iroha with her even if Iroha did not want to go, Ren Try to Protect Iroha but was whipped by Minou, Minou Grab Iroha as she Struggle to Free herself from Minou Grip, Ren attacked a Second Time but Minou Dodged she then Took Iroha and Open up a Portal, that is when Iroha Freed one of her Hands Grab her Soul Gem and Ripped it from and Threw it to Ren, she untransformed and Minou jumped in the Portal with iroha, Ren grab her Soul Gem and Cried out to Iroha.

Ren Felled to The Ground But was Caught by Ryuji who Told him to rest Everyone was Upset, But Right now they had to Focus on Stopping Walpurgisnacht and Saving Iroha.

**The End of Chapter 8 of Persona Record**