A/N: Hello there, this will be my first story. It will have a plethora of strange and wonderful things in it. Oh, and I'm manipulating things a bit, it takes place after the events of Persona 4 (True Ending). Yu decides to reside permanently in Inaba and become a pro wrestler, and it seems picture-perfect but it doesn't go without setbacks. It will also include some characters from Persona 3. Things will happen. JL Enjoy! J

Disclaimer: Obviously I don't own anything that Atlus owns, nor do I own any of the musical or other pop-culture names/bands/etc. mentioned throughout the story.

Chapter 1: Start Up High Spot City

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September 1st, 2012

Name: Yu Narukami

Weight: 165 lbs.

Height: 6'3

Style: High-Flying, Power

Special Moves: Springboard Corkscrew 450 Splash, Release Powerbomb

Alignment: Face (Good Guy)

Enemies: Kanji Tatsumi, Junpei Iori, Minato Arisato, Naoto Shirogane, Tohru Adachi.

Allies: Yosuke Hanamura, Chie Satonaka, Teddie, Rise Kujikawa, Yukiko Amagi, Akihiko Sanada.

"Damn it, my knee is killing me!" growled Yu as he began to tape up his afflicted body part. It has been about five and a half months since the once-and-for-all slaying of Izanami and things have taken quite a twist since then. For one, he spontaneously aspired to become a professional wrestler, and eventually proceeded to train himself (for the most part) by watching footage of various performers of all styles, as well as building a ring with the help of his uncle Ryotaro Dojima. Since March, he actually decided to remain in Inaba after pulling some strings with his parents and his uncle Dojima. While Yu and especially Nanako were thrilled that it was possible, his parents now have a strained relationship with him, while Dojima has attempted to remain neutral on the entire debacle that had ensued, but that situation will be saved for another time, as Yu shook his head violently due to his initially pleasant reminiscing becoming tainted by the painful recent memory.

"Well partner that shit comes with the territory!" Yosuke rudely remarked as he assisted Yu in patching up his injured knee. "Besides, we won anyway!"

Yu snorted as he continued, "Yeah after you almost botched that running baseball slide…you really need a good kick in the ass…"

"DUDE! SERIOUSLY! How many times are you going to quote that damn Propagandhi song?! You're killing me over here!" exclaimed Yosuke as he finished his portion of the bandaging.

"….Yup, that's exactly why. I always get a reaction every single time." Yu was proud of his smug statement, while Yosuke remained annoyed.

"Yoooooooo!" yelled someone from the distance.

"Oh look, Chie's here." Yosuke said lazily.

"Hmph. Good to see you too…not!" Chie lamely remarked.

"Oooh good one Miss Satonaka. Did it take you all night to come up with that one?" Yosuke fired back rather sardonically.

"S-shut up!" she said while readying a kick, but Yu chose to finally intervene after watching the brief but typical argument between the two.

"Hey guys come on, did you forget about the elephant in the room here?"

"Dude, your calm behavior is damn frightening; hell you're not even amped up in the ring…" Yosuke said while remaining amazed and frightened at the same time.

"Yeah, I can't imagine myself being that calm while thinking of meat!" Chie passionately yelled.

"Geez, I could have mouthed that in my head word-for-word because you say it so much…" Yosuke groaned.

S-SHUT UP! SCREW YOU YOSUKE!" Chie screamed.

Yu laughed as the two continued to snipe at each other while he just took it in. He couldn't forget that while he was self-trained mostly, Chie also had a substantial hand in his getting ready to become a pro wrestler, not to mention all of the kung-fu films she would make him watch, as well as their normal training regimen. He never minded one bit though, as he just liked spending the time with what he now considered his closest female friend. Yosuke always teased him relentlessly because he is convinced that Yu has had a really hard crush on Chie for a while, but Yu always insisted that "it's not like that," a claim that Yosuke still doesn't buy to this very day since they all met April of the previous year.

"Hey partner? HELLO?! Earth to Narukami!" Yosuke yelled.

"Huh? What?" Yu said as he was unceremoniously snapped out of his reverie.

"Dude finally! You looked so spaced out…Chie invited us to Aiya for an after-match dinner! She left a while back and is gonna meet us there. Let's go! Unless you're too nervous to go if you know what I mean…." Yosuke mischievously smirked.

"How many times do I have to say that it's not like that?!" Yu said, slightly irritated.

"Suuuuuuuuuure Mr. Defensive, anyway let's go already partner! I'm spent and hungry! Plus, we need the energy; we have that big tag match in three days!" Yosuke said.

"Fair enough then, after you then." Yu calmly shrugged as they finished getting dressed and left the locker room, secretly relieved that the tension had been alleviated for now.

And there you have it! The first chapter of 'Yu, The Wrestler' has been completed! Feel free to rate, review, love it, hate it, or all of the above! Any feedback is certainly appreciated. Until next time and chapter fellas!

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