Hey everyone! This FF is written on the basis that the Persona 3 and 4 universes are one, so there may be some alterations with how things work – but it should be the same for the most part. It'll also be based off of what I've seen in the Persona 3 FES and Persona 4 game, nothing else (including Golden, Arena and DAN). I have also paired up Rise and Yu because she is the lovers arcana, so it seems logical for me. If this is fine with you, then I hope y'all enjoy!

Chapter One: Welcome (back) to Inaba

Yu Narukami – that's me. It's been seven years since the defeat of Izanami and my departure from Inaba. When I moved back to the city, I agreed to visit Inaba during all of the holidays that I could to see my friends and family there. However, that all stopped once we all graduated from High School, as everyone started to move on with their lives and departed Inaba one by one until all who was left there was Yosuke, Yukiko, Chie, Kanji and Teddie. I decided to move in with Rise in the city and became her manager, managing to pull off an amazing comeback for her and soon enough the two of us were engaged, touring the whole of Japan together. This reunion trip to Inaba is the first time we've been somewhere without a camera crew in a long time.

The train headed through the beautiful countryside en rout to Yasoinaba Station and I could feel Izanagi reawakening in my mind. I had been here multiple times before, so I was used to this by now. Ever since I was no longer a resident in the Velvet Room, my persona had only ever been awakened whilst in Inaba, which seemed to be the same for the others too. I looked over and saw a woman with short grey hair studying the three of us. She wore a dress and had a face that reminded me of someone I had met before. I decided to ignore her and looked over at Naoto, who was sat across from me reading through some reports – likely to be related to her work.

Naoto Shirogane – the detective princess. When we first met, she had difficulties envisioning herself as the 'ideal' detective and consequently hid her true gender from us, eventually admitting that she is a girl and there was nothing she could do to change that. Ever since then, she has also moved back to the city and became a detective known all across Japan as the best female detective in Japanese history. She now wore short sleeved tops and jeans, proudly showing all of her features as a woman, her hair now reaching shoulder length without the hat.

'This is supposed to be a break from work, ya know?' I told her, looking at the paperwork in her hands.

'Oh this?' She realised. 'This is just wrapping up a case I was working on, it was very important to me on a personal level.'

'I see. Well we should be arriving at Yasoinaba soon.' I informed her.

She nodded. 'Indeed. You should wake up Rise in that case.'

Rise Kugikawa – idol and my wide to be. When we first met, she was having difficulty facing herself and deciding who the 'real' Rise was. However, as time passed, she came to realise that every 'version' of her was her through and through. After that, she decided to make a comeback to showbiz and insisted that I was her manager – as the alternative would have led to difficulties. She has since then made a new album as the 'new' Risette and landed herself a star role in a popular Japanese TV drama, making her famous again across the whole of Japan. When we decided to get married, we realise that we were quite young, but what was the point in waiting around.

I turned and looked at the sleeping Rise, who was resting her head on my shoulder. Since her comeback, she's been working hard and long – so it's no wonder she was so tired when boarding the train. I woke her up and she came around.

'Huh? Are we there already?' She asked.

'No, but our arrival is imminent indeed.' Naoto informed her.

'Right.' She answered.

As if on cue, the announcement rung – stating our upcoming arrival to Yasoinaba. I stood up, taking down the girls' luggage for them before my own. We then proceeded to move towards the doors, as the train came to a stop at the station. We disembarked with one other passenger, the same woman from before, who made eye contact with me once more before leaving the station. Naoto looked around and took a deep breath. Dojima and Nanako climbed the stairs to the platform and shouted over to us to gain our attention.

'Hey! Shirogane, Yu, Rise, over here!' Dojima shouted over to us.

'Big bro!' I heard Nanako's exited voice echo across the platform.

Dojima and Nanako are the family that I had in Inaba, who took me in when my parents had to work oversees and introduced me to this amazing town. Dojima was a well know detective, who has since solved the case behind the hit and run incident that took the life of his wife, finally allowing him closure. Nanako has also gotten over her mother's death and has become closer than ever to her father, she also still insists on calling me her big bro which always seemed to make my heart skip a beat. Even when on tour, I'd always have the time to answer her calls and she seemed to be developing into a beautiful young woman, now in High School.

Nanako ran over and gave me a big, warm, welcoming hug. She then gave Rise a smile, bowing to her, as Naoto moved over to greet Dojima.

'Nanako-chan, what's with this? You're making me feel uncomfortable.' Rise asked her with a giggle.

'I heard the news about you and big bro – that makes you big sister. Wait, no. That's not right.' She raised her head again and then hid behind Dojima to hide her embarrassment.

Dojima laughed. ' It's good to see you all again. She does make a good point through, you'll be part of the family soon. That's a very big step.'

'She's still as cute as ever, I see. Thank you for having me for the summer break Dojima-san.' Rise replied.

'It's no trouble at all, and please drop the san.' He insisted. 'Where will you be staying for the summer, Shirogane?'

'Oh, I shall be staying with my grandpa again.' She informed Dojima.

'Right. Well, welcome back to Inaba then you three!' Dojima said with a cheer.

So, who do y'all think was the mysterious woman on the train with Yu, Rise and Naoto? Thank you all for reading, I was going to introduce the others here too, I figured it was getting a bit too long through. Let me know if you want more, or how I could improve by leaving a review and I'll look forward to reading them.