Meetings and Contracts

In this AU, on the night of the 6th day, Hiro is attacked by his Shadow when making the decision of who to join forces with. JP's members have split up to all 3 main branches, and since they know the technology, they detect the strange energy that the Shadow creates. Everyone is able to arrive on the scene and fight Hiro's shadow, which takes this form: a small, rabbit-like creature with disproportionately massive claws and ears long enough to wrap around its body, in the center of a rotating array of white shields.

Hiro's Shadow focuses mainly on how stressful being everyone's pillar of support is, and how under his calm exterior, he is just as tired and scared as everyone else is. His Persona is Mitra, the Vedic god of friendship. It looks like a knight in close-fitting white armor. Its cape is divided into two white strips that resemble the "ears" on Hiro's hood when his hood is down.

The fic containing this AU is still in the process of being edited, but as soon as it is finished, I will link it here for reference.

For the SMT Dressing Room, and probably other places too: Hiro's canon point is right after the battle with his shadow. He went to sleep and recover once everyone cleared out of his room, and woke up in the Velvet Mall.