Prolouge
Iwatodai Station Evening
Makoto Yuki Is a High School Student where he move to town where he being living
Makoto walk out of the Station he encounter a girl he recognize her name Kotoha Hanazaki and was Makoto childhood friend and had not seen each other since junior high
Makoto huh Kotoha
Kotoha Huh Makoto it bean awhile we haven seen each other since junior high
Makoto Yeah
Kotoha what you been doing lately
Makoto nothing much
Kotoha I see
Makoto it seam we going to the same so let go
Kotoha really oh you right let go
at 12 o clock midnight unusual atmosphere change electronic turn off and light suddenly turn off
Iwatodai Station Dark Hour
Kotoha huh what the
Kotoha what with this strange atmosphere
Kotoha I think we should hurry to where we were going
Makoto Alright
Makoto The Moon
Makoto... We Better going
Makoto and Kotoha walk to their destination and arrive at Iwatodai dorm
Iwatodai Dorm Dark Hour
Kotoha Well this is it Iwatodai Dorm
Kotoha Let go
the two went inside and notice a boy
Iwatodai Dorm Lobby Dark Hour
Kotoha huh
Mysterious Boy you two are late I been waiting along time for you two if you guy want proceed please sign here it a contract and either you two will take full responsibility for your action you know the usual stuff
Kotoha hey what you mean
the mysterious boy remain silent
Makoto quietly sign the contract
Kotoha huh you really go to sign that
Makoto give the contract to the mysterious boy
Mysterious Boy Very well
Mysterious Boy Time is something no one can escape it delivers us all to the end wishing it won't make it go away and so it begin
Unknown voice who there
Kotoha huh
Unknown Girl how can you two be but it
Unknown Girl Don't tell me
The Girl is holding something that look like a gun
Kotoha is that
Other Girl Wait
First Girl Huh
Iwatodai Dorm Lobby Evening
First Girl the light
Other Girl I did not think you two arrive so late
Other Girl My name is Mitsuru Kirijo I'm one of the student who live in dorm
First Girl Who are they
Mitsuru Just some transfers students it just a last minute decision assign them here
Mitsuru He will moved to a room in the boy dorm while she will move into a regular dorm
First Girl Is okay for them to be here
Mitsuru I guess we ll see
Mitsuru This is Yukari Takeba
Mitsuru she will be a second year like you two
Yukari Hi I'm Yukari
Kotoha Nice to meet you I Kotoha Hanazaki
Yukari Yeah well nice you meet you
Makoto walk past Yukari and Mitsuru and went upstair
Yukari Huh Hey
Makoto I'm Makoto Yuki nice to meet you
Yukari um yeah you too
Makoto notice the gun but decide to ignore it
Mitsuru Your room on the third floor your thing should be there
Kotoha okay
Mitsuru and your room is on the second floor
Yukari Oh I show you the follow the way follow way me
Second Floor Evening
Yukari this is it
Yukari Pretty easy to remember huh since it right next to the hall
Yukari so any question
Makoto no
Yukari how about you Kotoha
Kotoha oh yeah does a kid live here
Yukari what kid
Kotoha Oh you don't know never mind then
Yukari hey can ask something
Makoto hm
Yukari On your way here from the station was everything okay
Makoto what you mean
Yukari You know what I um never mind
Yukari well good night
Yukari follow me upstair
Kotoha alright
Makoto went inside his room
he then put his bag away and lay down on his bed
Makoto ugh man this suck
Makoto Well I better rest up
The next morning
Makoto's Room Early Morning
Makoto get himself ready
When Yukari knock on Makoto room
Yukari hey it Yukari are you awake
Makoto open the door
Yukari Good Morning did you sleep okay
Yukari Mitsuru Senpai ask me to you and Kotoha to school
Yukari So you ready to go
Makoto I can find myself
Yukari Oh are you sure
Yukari But you don't wanna risk being late on the first day do you
Makoto well you do have point
Yukari okay let go
Yukari Kotoha is waiting outside
Yukari well let go
On a Train Early Morning
Yukari we have to take the monorail to get there bet your last school wasn't like that huh
Yukari this is my favorite part when it feels like you re gliding over the sea
Kotoha Yeah you right
Yukari out stop is a Port Island station at the end of the line from there we walk
Yukari Have you ever heard of Tatsumi Port Island It,s a man made island they built our school right in the middle
Yukari Oh look you can see now
Gekkoukan High School Entrance Early Morning
Female Student Morning
Yukari Morning
Yukari Well this is it welcome to Gekkoukan High you going love it here
School Lobby Early Morning
Yukari You two going be okay here right
Makoto and Kotoha Yeah
Yukari well that conclude the tour any question before i go
Makoto no
Kotoha Oh Yukari what class you're in
Yukari huh I dunno I Haven't look at the classroom assignment yet
Yukari hey
Yukari about last night don,t tell anyone what you saw okay
Yukari well later
Before Makoto and Kotoha head to faculty office
Makoto look in two student coversation
Angry Girl Hey Kaz Why are yo wearing you P.E. uniform
Angry Girl School just started
Angry Girl You really oughtta find somewhere to change into normal clothes
Track Suited Guy Ehh I guess
Track Suited Guy Okay okay fine Quit glaring at me like that
Track Suited Guy hey where's the bulletin board with the homerooms posted
Angry Girl It's right there You're class F Kaz
Angry Girl I'm in a different homeroom so I can't keep an eye on you sigh I worry about you sometime
Angry Don't make me Watch over you all the time
Track Suited Who are you my mother
Makoto I should leave them be
Makoto then look into another Person talk
Male Student Hm Oh there it is Class F Huh
Male Student Taught By What Ms Toriumi
Male Student Aurgh Well she is older than me but
Male Student I was Hoping for Ms Kanou
Makoto Is this Guy interesting Older Women
Kotoha Hey Makoto the Faculty
Makoto Oh Coming
Makoto and Kotoha head toward the Faculty Office
School Faculty Office Early Morning
Teacher Oh are you the two new student Makoto Yuki and Kotoha Hanazaki in 11th grade let see in 1999 ten year ago your parent huh oh I'm sorry I did not get the chance to read this before hand
Teacher I'm Ms Toriumi I teach Composition welcome to our school
Kotoha oh thank
Ms Toriumi Have you seen the classroom assignment you two are in 2F that my class
Ms Toriumi But first we need to go to the auditorium the welcome ceremony is starting soon
Ms Toriumi Follow me
Assembley Hall Early Morning
Classmate Pss hey
Makoto hmm
Classmate hey you came to school with Yukari this morning right
Makoto yeah so what
Classmate I saw you two walking together
Classmate hey I have question
Classmate do you know if she has a boyfriend
Makoto huh how Shoud I know
Makoto Just because I was walking with her doesn't mean I know her
Classmate Damm what your problem
Classmate Oh well I thought you might know but I guess not
Classmate so how well you know her
Teacher I hear talking it probably someone in Ms Toriumi class
Ms Toriumi quiet it you going get me in trouble
people are talking about Makoto
Kotoha hey a lot people are talking about you
Makoto Tch
Makoto Man I wonder if I can fit here
Class 2F After School
Student Sup dude
Makoto huh
Student how it going
Makoto Huh Who are you and what you want
Student Me well just trying talk to you
Student I'm Junpei Iori nice to meet ya
Junpei I transfer here when I was in eight grade
Junpei so I want to say hey see what a nice guy I am
Makoto Um personal space
Yukari ...
Junpei Hey, it s Yuka-tan! I didn t think we d be in the same class again.
Yukari sighed heavily. At it again, huh? I swear, you ll talk to anyone if they ll listen. Did you ever think you might be bothering someone?
Junpei What? Junpei sounded genuinely hurt. I m just bein friendly.
Yukari If you say so. Yukari rolled her eyes before she turned to Makoto. Anyway, looks like we re in the same homeroom...
Makoto Yeah I guess
Yukari Still I'm surprise
Junpei Um, hellooooo Junepi called attention back to himself. Are you forgetting I m in this class too? Junpei huffed out his chest, proud of his presence. By the way, his gaze turned to Makoto. I heard you came to school with Yukari and some other chick this morning. What s up with that? C mon, gimme the dirt!
Kotoha Who s a Chick? a fourth voice joined in.
Junpei Oh my god, she s here! Junpei squealed. Literally squealed. Dude, you re a chick magnet! He patted Makoto on the back before turning back to the red haired girl. Hello gorgeous, I m Junpei.
Kotoha huh
Yukari W-what are you talking about?! Yukari seemed offended. NO ONE had been scored and NO ONE here. We live in the same dorm okay
Yukari There s NOTHING going on, okay?
female student oh really
another student appear
Female Student I kinda a interest well there no guy that get close to you
Yukari Reika why alway butting in to people buiness
Reika Come on Yukari i think this guy is suitable to be your Boy
Yukari don't even dare say that
Reika Calm down Yukari I was just teasing Oh I should introduce myself
Reika I'm Reika Tsuchikawa nice meet you
Kotoha oh you too
Yukari Jeez Why are people even talking about it?! Now you have me worried... Yukari sighed. Just what she needed, rumors on the first day of school.
Yukari Hey, you didn t say anything to anyone about...you know what, did you?
Makoto no
Yukari Okay good. Yukari let out a breath of relief.
They seemed to know how to keep secrets. That was good.
Yukari Seriously...don t say anything about last night, alright? She may have spoken in a not so hushed tone as Junpei and Reika was now giving the trio strange looks.
Yukari Wh-what
Reika and Junpei Last Night
Yukari W-wait a minute! Don t get the wrong idea! Yukari put up her hands in protest.
Yukari I just met him yesterday, and there is absolutely NOTHING between us. Geez...I ve gotta go. There was that Yukari sigh again.
Yukari I ve got something to take care of for the archery team. She made her way toward the classrooms exit.
Yukari But, you better not start any rumors! She jabbed a finger in their direction, more specifically Junpei and Reika.
Junpei Who cares? No one takes rumors seriously, anyway. She s so paranoid... He waved Yukari's threat off.
Junpei But hey! It s you guys s first day here, and people are already talkin about you!
Junpei Believe it or not, she s actually pretty popular. You da man! Makoto made a silent note that his suspicion of Yukari was accurate.
Kotoha so that why there a lot talking going on
Reika you got some gut get near her she often reject number of guy
Junpei Hehehe, this is gonna be a fun year! I can feel it!
Gekkoukan High School Entrance After School
Junpei whoa look at the jock on there
Junpei hey have you ever thinking about to join a club
Makoto No not really
Junpei well you should well a new meaber though well you wont able to apply for little while
Reika well there a kendo club running club swinming club baseball club basketball club and a soccers club
Makoto and Kotoha make small talk with Junpei and Reika
Iwatodai Dorm Lobby Evening
Confident I m going out for a bit. The silver hair said calmly. Mitsuru glanced from her book. Didn t you read the newspaper? There s a lot going on.
Mitsuru s lips curved into a frown. ...
Mitsuru I know. People who had no problems before are suddenly developing acute cases of Apathy Syndrome...I ve seen it in the news quite often lately. They say it s due to stress, but... Mitsuru let her eyes wander. Something that seemed unsightly for a woman of her grace.
Confident Student Yeah, right. The boy scoffed. It has to be THEM. Otherwise, it s not worth my time... His voice almost seemed like a growl.
Mitsuru You have a one-track mind...Will you be okay on your own? Her voice seemed to carry a tone of worry.
Mitsuru The Chairman will be here for the next few days, but after that I can-
Confident student Don t worry. I m just getting a little practice.
other student in that case I'm come with you I need to get better fighting them
Confident student alright you can come
The boy smiled and his eyes flickered as if on fire. He was gone.
Mitsuru closed her book and sighed. This isn t a game Akihiko and Chiaki... She held herself tightly. She hoped he d be okay.
Female student are you okay Mitsuru
Mitsuru I'm fine Natsumi
Natsumi well I hope they will be okay
Yukari Oh they re back! Yukari said waving over the Makoto and Kotoha, who had just returned from another tour of the city.
Well dress man So these are our new guest. A tall bespectacled gentleman in a tan suit said rising from his seat. Good evening. My name is Shuji Ikutsuki. I'm the Chairman of the Board for your school. He said introducing himself.
Kotoha oh nice to meet you mr ikusuki um I mean
"Ikutsuki The man said introducing himself again. He gave a small laugh before smiling. Hard to say, isn't it? That's why I don't like introducing myself. Even I get tongue-tied sometimes...
Kotoha Oh thank
The chairman said gesturing to the remaining seats of the dorms living room. Please, have a seat. There are things I d like to discuss.
Ikutsuki waited for everyone to settle themselves before moving onto the topic at hand. I apologize about the confusion regarding your accommodations. He spoke, a slight frown on his face. However, it may take a while longer before you receive a proper room assignment.
Kotoha so anyway why your here
Ikutsuki To welcome you of course! Ikutsuki gave a bright smile.
Ikutsuki Well, here it comes. To be honest, I do have other business here. Speaking of which...where s Mitsuru, Yukari.
Yukari s attention snapped away from her phone and to the conversation at hand.
Yukari She s upstairs. She said flatly before returning her attention to her phone.
Ikutsuki As diligent as always. Ikutsuki smiled before sighing. Although, it doesn't hurt to come down and say hello... Is there anything else?
Kotoha well who else live here
Ikutsuki There are only Seven students in this dorm: you two here, Yukari here, Mitsuru, and and three other senior named Akihiko Sanada Chiaki Mouri and Natsumi Hanamoto.
Ikutsuki I hope you all get along. Any other questions? The chairman smiled, He seemed to be a good mood and was very willing to help them with any questions they had.
Kotoha well I saw something very unusual when I came here
Ikutsuki You saw something strange? Like what?
Ikutsuki You were probably just tired. I wouldn t worry about it. Ikutsuki adjusted his glasses and smiled again.
Kotoha something isn't right here
Ikutsuki Well then, I hope you two have a successful school year.
He said as he pushed himself to stand. Now if you ll excuse me... Ikutsuki made his way toward the stairs. He paused for a moment to face the once more.
Ikutsuki You must be tired from all the excitement. You should go to bed early. There was that smile again.
Ikutsuki As they say, The early bird catches the bookworm! Ikutsuki chuckled to himself. ...Please forgive the bad pun. And on that note, he was gone.
Yukari ...You'll get used to his lame jokes. Yukari said with a heavy sigh. Her toned made them think they never would.
Both Makoto and Kotoha eventually made their way to their respective bedrooms, tired from the days activities. It wasn t long before they both felt themselves lulled into sleeps embrace.
Elsewhere on the highest floor of the dorm Mitsuru and Natsumi sat before a large control panel with a screen that depicted both Makoto and Kotoha sleeping. Yukari sat next to her, her focus just as intense.
Working hard? A voice called as they approached,
Ikutsuki . How are they doing?
Mitsuru They went to bed a little while ago. They re asleep now. Mitsuru said detailing the current situation.
It wasn t much, what exactly were they waiting for? Her expression clearly read that she had a few misgivings about the situation. Yukari as well.
Mitsuru Mr. Chairman, do you think they re...
Ikutsuki shushed her.
Ikutsuki Well, let s wait and see for now...The Dark Hour is approaching.
The clock ticked down to midnight and the world froze. All clocks stopped moving. Anything that ran on electricity halted. People were once again transmogrified into coffins. In shadier part of Port Island a man screamed clutching his head as his body was swallowed in a black, sludge-like ooze.
They re still sleeping. Ikutsuki said, a smile creeping across his face. The Dark Hour occurs every day at 12 midnight Ikutsuki began explaining, his smile steadily growing wider. You could say it's the "hidden" hour. During this time, an ordinary person transmogrifies into a coffin, and is oblivious to all that occurs.
Then they must be... Yukari turned her attention back to the screen, watching Makoto and Kotoha.
As you can see, they retained their human form. Ikutsuki gestured to the screen. They re asleep, but they re definitely experiencing the Dark Hour. Ikutsuki stroked his chin. The only question that remains is whether or not they have the potential. Potential? Although, they must...If they didn't, they would've preyed on them by now.
Natsumi if they don't have the potential they would transform into a coffin
The way Ikutsuki said they had a different feel.
Yukari Scary... Yukari shivered at whatever the thought was.
Ikutsuki In any case, we should continue to monitor them for a few more days. Ikutsuki shrugged. What more could they do at the moment?
Mitsuru and Natsumi Yes, Sir.
Yukari I feel kinda bad, though. Yukari sighed as she glanced up at the screen. Spying on them like this...
Natsumi I understand Yukari but you must know what need to be done
Yukari yeah i know
While then Makoto and Kotoha slumbered they found themselves running for something in the distance. The sprinted down what seemed like an impossibly long corridor toward something blue in the distance. As they neared their goal the blue object gave way and they sailed through what seemed like empty space. They felt weightless, be it only for a moment, but soon their feet touched solid ground.
Velvet Room Unknown
Welcome to the Velvet Room. An eerie voice greeted.
The what . They had not seen each other in their respective dream until this moment where they stood in this overly blue room. The only thing here that wasn t a velveteen color was the golden gate on the opposite side of the room.
However, there were more peculiarities that this room held. Like the elderly long nosed man before them. Then there was his assistants, also draped in blue, but with glowing yellow eyes.
The old mans eyes grew wide as he looked between Makoto. He gave a throaty laugh as he concealed his grin between interlocked hands. This is peculiar indeed. Not one guest but two? My, how astounding indeed. The old man gestured to the two chairs before him. Please have a seat.
My name is Igor. I am delighted to make your acquaintance. The man known as Igor smiled as he extended a long bony hand which the two reluctantly shook as they introduced their respective selves. This is Elizabeth... He gestured to his female attendant before pointing to his male attendant. and her brother Theodore. They re residents here, like myself.
Pleased to meet you. The two attendants spoke as they gave a slight bow. Their glowing eyes remained honed on both Makoto , Makoto faces almost expressionless.
This place exist between dream and reality, mind and matter. It s been years since we ve had a guest.
Igor waved his hand and with a shimmer appeared a red notebook. Both Makoto and Kotoha eyes grew wide as they took note of it. It was the notebook the kid made them sign...but why was it here?
Only those who have signed the contract can enter this place...Henceforth, you shall be welcome here in the Velvet room. The two attendants pulled the strings on two poppers that released streamers into the air, their faces still relatively vacant. Just what kind of shady lease agreement had these two agreed to? You are destined to hone your unique ability, and you will require my help to do so. Ability? I only ask one thing in return...that you abide by the contract, and assume responsibility for the choices that you make.
That is fine. For now. Igor said with a small nod. Hold onto this. Igor waved and Makoto and Kotoha suddenly felt something heavy in their pockets. Till we meet again... Igor s voice echoed in the distance.