Persona 5: Going the Distance AU
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‘Are you simply going to watch? He is going to die if you do nothing. Was your previous decision a mistake? Aren’t you a fighter? A warrior?’ The voice asked, half concern and half mockery.
“It wasn’t a mistake! I would do it again! Every fucking time, I’d do it again! Let people suffer, so I can have an easy life? So I can just keep my head down and hope that no one has to sacrifice me to get the same? If that’s what fighting fair gets me… then, it’s time to fight dirty!”
Laughter. Delighted, dark. It was exhilarating to hear, even as the excruciating pain of the chains on his ‘other self’ breaking apart made him scream.
Yet another novelization of P5 - AU/HeadCanon in which the protagonist was a high school level boxer and son of a loving family before sticking his nose in where it didn't belong. Expect canon-divergence, and convenient changes to battle sequences for flair/author sanity.
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- Part 1 of Persona 5: Going the Distance AU
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Wherein F stands for family.
Sae Niijima is a successful lawyer, having been made a prosecutor of the Special Investigations Division at a remarkably young age. However, she didn't reach her position without sacrifice - namely, while she is a brilliant attorney, parenting/older-sistering/handling the fact that her sister is romantically involved with one Ryuji Sakamoto is a whole other kettle of fish.
And now, with Makoto aiming to enter Tokyo University, the most prestigious school in Japan, the stakes are higher than ever.
How the hell is she going to handle this? Is there a book somewhere entitled "How To Tell Your Sister's Boyfriend To Fuck Off and Let Her Study Without Having Her Hate You Forever Especially Because You're Technically Not Her Mother But Legally You Are"?
This is the story of how Sae Niijima starts to sort of be okay with Ryuji Sakamoto.
Takes place in the Going the Distance AU. Happens in January, after Ren's incarceration and during the subsequent campaign/investigation to get him out. At this point in the story, Ryuji and Makoto haven't done *that* yet.
Written for Ryukoto Week, Day 7 (Family)
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- Part 2 of Persona 5: Going the Distance AU
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There are no such things as extra rounds in boxing. If a match ‘goes the distance’, the decision is up to the judges. That said, when... ...No. Sorry. I can't even. In no world is there such a thing as overtime or extra rounds in boxing. No mysterious boxing related foreshadowing to start these chapters anymore. Deal with it.
Going the Distance: Extra Rounds. A fluff filled epilogue for people who want to know more about what happened in the intervening time between the drive to Kamakura to the appearance of Karin Nakazawa and Seiji Amamiya in their first year at Shujin Academy. Key difference between this and GtD is that GtD: XR is definitely even more light-hearted. If you want heavier drama, or if you want things to be more 'grounded in reality' (IE, you take issue with a grown man greeting his son with a german suplex), I advise you stop reading right now and stick with the sparkly-sweet ending of GtD.
Expect shameless fluff, occasional smut, slapstick humor, and yet more boxing.
Highly recommended you read P5: GtD first, otherwise a lot of this won't make sense.
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- Part 3 of Persona 5: Going the Distance AU
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So how should a just-engaged couple spend a night in the city that never sleeps? Broadway show? Jazz club? Late-night gourmet dinner?
...or fancy private hotel suite and luxe shower, with well-engineered soundproof walls?
Spoiler alert: They bang.
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- Part 4 of Persona 5: Going the Distance AU
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“I’m… I’m sorry for everything that happened last year!”
“Oh. Ah… That’s ancient history, Takeishi.” Ryuji shook his head. “I don’t care about that anymore--”
“--So please! Will you come back to the track team!?”
Before trophies, girls, and notoriety, the only reason he ran was to chase the feeling of flight. To go so fast that he would reach a place where the pain and exhaustion would fade away, leaving nothing but the wind roaring past his ears.
It’s the last few days before the start of Ryuji Sakamoto’s third year at Shujin Academy. The former star sprinter thought he had put his days on the track team behind him, but a desperate plea from an old adversary brings up feelings he thought he had buried.However, returning to the sport where he experienced the most traumatic moment of his young life is no simple matter.
With the help of his friends and the love of his life, will the one time ‘Track Traitor’ make his comeback?
Will he rekindle his desire to soar?
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- Part 5 of Persona 5: Going the Distance AU
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During their third year at Shujin Academy, Ren returns to Kamakura during Golden Week to visit his parents. As she promised to Inoue Amamiya, Ann accompanies him and learns that her boyfriend’s romantic history is actually a little more extensive than she thought...
Takes place in the Going the Distance AU. If you haven’t read Persona 5: Going the Distance, then this fic has spoilers. Written for ShuAnn Week 2k20, Night In/Night Out
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- Part 6 of Persona 5: Going the Distance AU
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“You’ve worked hard for this, kid. You’re one the best boxers I’ve ever trained… I love you like a son. But this fight isn’t going to be about the strength or speed of your hands. It’s going to be about your heart. You know what a champion is, kid?
It’s someone who fought one more round. It’s someone who got up when they couldn’t.”
-Coach Shinji Takeda
Ren Amamiya is the former leader of the Phantom Thieves, the group that took back humanity’s future and defeated the God of Control. Now, with his high school life behind him, the one-time Trickster needs to juggle his relationship with Ann, his education, family, and his ambition - to become the best boxer he can be, and to claim the title of ‘Champion’.
Takes place in the Going the Distance AU after the epilogue (‘Going the Distance: Extra Rounds’) and before the oneshot ‘Love You Forever’
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- Part 7 of Persona 5: Going the Distance AU
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Ren Amamiya and Ann Takamaki have been through a lot - harrowing battles, attempts on their lives, and facing down a god. But now, they face their most exhausting trial yet: mediating the conflict between their two teenage children.
Ren’s son, Seiji, is back home in Kamakura for the summer holidays after his first term at Shujin Academy in Tokyo. He and his sister, Momoko, have been fighting like cats and dogs since his return.
As the two veteran parents manage their children, they reminisce on how the two were once inseparable, right from day one.
Takes place in the Going the Distance AU. Written for ShuAnn Week 2K20 (Festival/Holiday).
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- Part 8 of Persona 5: Going the Distance AU
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A collection of drabbles/one shots in the Going the Distance Persona 5 universe. In the main series (GtD, GtD:XR, GtD:HH), a few moments got left on the 'cutting room floor', usually because the joke didn't quite fit the mood/flow of the chapter. Some of these were included as 'omake' at the end of the chapter. Others were just briefly referenced before the author moved on.
'Undercards' - a bored author expounds on these moments while procrastinating on writing the main series/other stories.
Rating may change based on what I write.
Answers to some of your GtD related questions - What IS Lemon Mouth? Did Ren and Ryuji really play? Why did Yui-bachan tell Ann to marry Ren after trying his mapo tofu? What -exactly- did Shiho do to Ryuji and Makoto on Valentine's Day that deserved revenge?
This and more! (Maybe.) Expect much less careful editing, plot holes, and continuity errors. I write for fun; this is even more so for fun :P
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- Part 9 of Persona 5: Going the Distance AU