Persona 4 Arena: Saiyaka's Story.

A/N: I got inspired to write this from playing Persona 4 Arena again after a 2-month hiatus from the game. As well as Miss Hanamura's story"Persona 4: Return of the Midnight Channel." (Which is AWESOME btw, if you haven't checked it out I highly advise you should. ;) Although I had an OC for Persona in mind ever since I started getting into it.

Anyway, the story is based off of the events of Persona 4: Arena, but instead my OC Saiyaka Ushiromiya joins in on the case, but not for the Investigation Team's sake…

WARNINGS: Story contains suggestive themes and language, violence, spoilers for Persona 4, and is OC-centric. Read at your own risk. Anyway, let's get started!

Prologue: Yasogami High, Evening; Student Council Room.

I sit at my desk in the student council room pecking away at my laptop and shuffling papers around into their right folders.

"*sigh* Why am I always left doing the filing? And right when Golden Week started, too."

I stop typing for a moment to take a sip of my tea.

I'm Saiyaka Ushiromiya, sometimes called Sayo or Sai-chan by others. I'm a third-year student here at Yasogami High, which is located in a small town called Inaba. I'm also the secretary for the student council. My job is never easy seeing as how the president always makes me do all the hard work. But that's not to say my job completely sucks, I do get firsthand knowledge on certain info and gossip. Heeheehee

"Saiyaka-saaaaannnnn!" I look up from my cup of tea, I see that the voice belonged to first-year student Daisuke Ryuugu. He frantically runs to my desk and leans on it, completely out of breath.

Daisuke is my quirky assistant so to speak. He pretty much does whatever I tell him to…. You could say its blackmail, but I don't think I want to elaborate on that. He helped me in my endeavor to make the Investigation Team's lives as miserable as possible last year.

"Daisuke, why are you still here? Shouldn't you be gone enjoying Golden Week by now?"

"*huff* *huff* B- but there's important news I have for you!"

My face lights up a bit and I graciously put down my cup and folded my hands onto the table, placing my chin upon them. I'm a total sucker for gossip and bad rumors.

"Oh? And what might that be?" Daisuke finally caught his breath; his face looks rather glum….

"T- The Midnight Channel might be back…." His tone made it sound like he was absolutely sure.

I gasped, blinking as my mouth left open agape. An uneasy feeling started to crawl up my spine.

"What? Are you sure?" My eyes narrowed and my eyebrows sank as I spoke. My face looked sad a little frightened, but my tone was still rather calm.

Last year, a series of tragic murders that involved people being thrown into TV's occurred here. Before dying, they showed on a channel called the Midnight Channel, which only showed up on turned off televisions while it was raining at midnight. To say the town was a little shaken by it would be a complete understatement.

However, the case was solved by an uncanny group of students here at our school who called themselves the "Investigation Team." To be honest, last year I gave them hell. Stalking them, continuously calling them trouble makers, and not to mention giving them many, many citations.

However I did eventually get over my un-warranted hatred for them, even to the point of fighting together with them a few times in the TV world with my Persona Celeste. Not to mention falling in….. oh no, I'm babbling a little too much.

Anyway, the leader of the whole brigade was Yu Narukami. He moved here last year to stay here with relatives, thus transferring here to Yasogami. Everyone seemed to like him and loved being around him, except for me of course. "Hating his guts" doesn't even describe how badly I disliked him at first. I mean he could freaking do EVERYTHING! It really annoyed me, but I learned to get over it and ended up befriending him.

Second in command was none other than Yosuke Hanamura. If I had 100 yen for each time I ended up slapping him for flirting with me, I probably could buyout the Kirijo Group.

The third member was Chie Satonaka. We share an interest in martial arts; I myself am trained in Pi Gua Quan and some Jujutsu. We also share the habit of sometimes lashing out irrationally against others, mainly Yosuke.

After Chie is her best friend Yukiko Amagi. She is the heiress to the Amagi Inn, the main attraction of our small town. Yukiko always seems to carry herself in a very dignified manner, even when she wants to complain or cry. The boys at this school are always bothering her to go out with them. That's to be expected with her amazing grades, fair skin, and great hair. She is prone to extremely long laughing fits.

Following Yukiko is the notorious delinquent Kanji Tatsumi. He's actually one year younger than us. At first glance, he seems like the average punk kid who you don't want to mess with, but once you get to know him, you'll learn he's actually a good person… and a momma's boy.

He also has the hots for that next member of the Team, the Detective Prince Naoto Shirogane. Don't let the title "Prince" fool you, Naoto is actually a girl. She is really an amazing detective, even helping me when I needed help the most. I was rather saddened when I found out she was almost a victim of that damned Adachi.

The group also contained the famous model Rise Kujikawa AKA "Risette" and some… thing that calls itself "Teddie."

Teddie and I are strangely friends, I often went to the TV world myself to look for and comfort it at times. Especially when he went missing after Yu's cousin Nanako supposedly died. I was completely shocked he was actually able to revive her.

"I'm not sure, Saiyaka-san… I just overheard a few students talking about it; one even saying that she saw it not too long ago." Daisuke rubs his chin as if he was thinking about something. His face lights up as he speaks,

"I know, why don't we check for ourselves?! It's supposed to rain tonight anyway."

I pondered a bit before replying to his statement,

"It may be a hoax, but if so many people are claiming to see it, I suppose we don't have a choice. I still have a bit of work to do so I'll be staying here for a bit longer. Feel free to leave if you want."

"Y- yes ma'am!" Daisuke speeds off and exits the building. He knows about the Midnight Channel, but he doesn't know anything about Personas or Shadows.

Ushiromiya Residence, Evening.

I quickly finish with what was left to file and headed home. My house was relatively large, but not mind-blowing in size. The décor however, was extremely refined. From the fine plush rugs to the fine silk material of the furniture, the dark wood cabinets filled with fine China, heirlooms, and antique items. I was greeted by our housekeeper, Miyu.

"Good evening milady, do you need me to take your bag?"

"No, but thank you anyway." I flashed her a warm smile, even though smiling was one of the last things on my mind. Miyu only bowed in response as I made my way past her, going up the steps and into my room.

Saiyaka's Room.

I pretty much stayed in my room all day; Miyu came by a few times to bring me snacks. I was just really anxious about the rumors. My room could pretty much be someone's house if I had a refrigerator in here. There was a small table for me to eat snacks and do homework, though I usually blackmailed people into letting me copy the answers, a bathroom in the next room, a Queen-sized bed made with a red satin and gold reversible comforter and a canopy decorated with matching curtains. A window with simple lacy right curtain is accompanied by a poster of the Golden Witch Beatrice.

"Ugh, what a long day…" I had just gotten out of my bathtub and went to sit in front of my vanity, taking out a brush to well… brush my hair. My hair is blonde with curly ends; I usually let them hang over my shoulders. After putting my brush away, I take a good look at myself; my own blue eyes staring at themselves as I recall my encounter with my Shadow and how much I have changed since then.

A smile tugs at my pink lips as I slowly turn away to get dressed into my black night gown decorated with frilly white lace. After that, I took out my laptop and fired up "Ougon Musou Kyoku Cross," a fighting game based off of one of my favorite mystery visual-novel series, "Umineko no Naku Koro ni." I kept the game in windowed mode so I could constantly have a look at the time.

"11:50," I reminded myself as I chose my characters. Shortly after completing the first fight I could hear the rain falling outside. As the sound met my ears, a huge lump formed in my throat.

"What am I going to do if the rumors turn out to be true?"

Just then, my phone went off with a text from Daisuke.

"It's raining, are you as anxious as I am?"

I pause my game and reply with, "I don't think anxious is the word I'd use to describe how I feel right now."

My phone goes off again, "What if another series of murders begin to happen again?"

I read the message and felt my eyes getting watery, with no kind of reply in my mind; I look at the time on my computer.

"11:58… just two more minutes." I really didn't want the Midnight Channel to return and I'm really hoping it's a hoax. I don't think I could deal with another wave of panic among the student body like last year. Not to mention the Investigation Team doesn't have its two strongest detectives here now, Naoto and Yu.

"11:59…" I calmed myself as my eyes met my blank television.

The color almost instantly drained from my face as static appeared on the television accompanied with a voice.

"Rivals… they are… FRIENDS! Yet powerful foes!" The screen then shows 6 panels, each one containing a member of the Investigation Team.

"The desperate fighting program amongst high school students! A new legend is about to start!"

The screen now displays a WWE-type labeled "P-1." There are fireworks, confetti and a full crowd of people that are cheering.

Another voice begins to speak, "May the manliest of all men…" My mouth fell at the sight and sound of Teddie wearing some ridiculous get-up appearing on screen, "COME ON DOWN!"

The regular announcer returns met with a silhouette of a person and a katana shining in the light, "Nobody touches his precious Nanako! The Sister Complex Kingpin of Steel, Yu Narukami!"

The title itself was rather funny, not to mention the ridiculous pose they had him do. It lightened my mood up a bit, but not as much as Yu saying, "It's only natural!" I'll admit, I giggled a little.

The next silhouette with a pair of kunai daggers, "Wage slave in the boonies by day, hero by night! Captain Ressentiment, Yoskuke Hanamura!" Like with Yu, Yosuke appeared alongside his Persona with some ridiculous pose.

"Everything that bores me has gotta go!"

Another silhouette was accompanied with a pair of shoes, "A spunky dragon with deadly legs, The Carnivore that's Discarded Womanhood, Chie Satonaka!" Another silly pose from Chie,

"You need to eat more meat!" I'm having a hard time concealing my laughter as the video goes on.

The next silhouette appears, this one is holding an umbrella and the weapon is a fan.

"Please escort me to the ring, my prince! The Unconquerable Snow Black, Yukiko Amagi!"

"I'll finish you in one strike!"

The next contestant stopped my subtle giggling and I started blushing a bit as I saw could clearly see that it was Kanji.

"Blooming roses and bulging muscles! The Bloodcurdling Beefcake Emperor, Kanji Tatsumi!" My temporarily suppressed giggling had evolved into all out laughter as I saw the way he posed with the chair.

"Deep in the realms of romance!"

The last contestant had to be Naoto since the weapon was her gun.

"The body of a child- the brain of a genius! The 2000-IQ Killjoy Detective, Naoto Shirogane!" Well, at least her pose wasn't as hilarious as the others.

"Is this an army of idiots?" Scratch that, her quote takes the cake!

"Fight, and survive towards the one throne waiting at the end!" The TV displayed the contestants one by one before panning out to show Teddie at the top of a flight of steps,

"The P-1 Grand Prix where fierce fights will be fought! The battle begins tonight!" The logo of the Grand Prix should up one last time before exploding into flames.

The television had a fit of static before reverting back to the blank screen it once was. The moment it did, my phone went off with another text from my loyal first-year servant,

"Omg, it turned out to be true! Not to mention unlike with the other times, this broadcast was extremely clear."

I hadn't even noticed how clear the picture was, but I replied pretending to know that I did.

"Yeah it was, but another thing that bothers me is why would anyone want to make the Investigation Team beat up on each other? The only person to my knowledge who would hold that kind of grudge is Adachi, but he's locked firmly away."

My phone quickly beeped with another text,

"I know… it's so weird. We have no basis on which we could investigate either."

Daisuke was wrong in this, however since he doesn't know about the TV world, it's understandable for him to think that. That eerie feeling I had before the program is starting to come back to me. It was rather funny at first, but the realization that the horrid Midnight Channel is back just makes me feel bad for laughing at some of the parts.

"I hate to agree with you, but you're right. We already have nothing to go on. "

I quickly send him a follow up text saying, "Oh well, let's not stress ourselves out. We can start thinking of solutions in the morning. Goodnight."

After sending Daisuke that last text, I start going through my contacts, stopping at Kanji's house. Since he was featured in the video, I figured to call him to let him know the startling news. I call and listen to the phone ring for a bit, hoping for Kanji to pick up, however his mom does and tells me he's already sleeping on the couch.

Sighing, I scroll down until I come across Naoto's number. I know she's out working for Golden Week and I'd hate to disturb her or make her worry, but this is extremely important considering she was in the broadcast. Reluctantly, I press the call button. Naoto picks up shortly afterwards,

"Hello, Sayo-senpai. You normally don't call at this hour, did something happen?"

Her voice was rather calm, almost tranquil. My voice on the other hand was hesitant and a little startled.

"Well… yes something happened…"

I could pretty much hear Naoto's voice change to an uneasy tone as she spoke,

"And what would that be?"

I wanted to just say nothing, that it was a hoax, but I figured it'd be even ruder to prank call her so I told her,

"The Midnight Channel has returned…" I leaned back so the back of my head would meet one of my many pillows. I looked up, towards the ceiling even though I can't see it due to my canopy blocking it from view.

Naoto tries to remain calm while she replies to me,

"Are you sure?"

"I just saw it with my own two eyes."

"What did you see on it?"

"It was some kind of promo for a fighting program… featuring the Investigation Team."

I can vaguely hear Naoto make some sound of frustration over the phone, but I don't question it since it's understandable she'd be angry about it. I felt so bad about bothering her like this, I know she has to be busy with top-secret cases of some sort right now.

"I'm sorry to have bothered you with like this Naoto-kun."

"No, it's quite alright; thank you for sharing this with me. Have you contacted anyone else about this?"

"Well, I tried Kanji, but he was already sleeping by the time I reached him."

"I see, I'll check in on everyone else in the morning. You should probably go to sleep senpai, I know the president has had you working hard today." She chuckles a little bit before we say goodbye and disconnect the line.

I have to do something, and the only clue to finding out who did this is the Midnight Channel itself.

Coming to that realization, I put my phone on charge and open a drawer from my dresser next to my bed, fiddling through to find my rings and charms so I can prepare to enter the TV world tomorrow. After I found them, I put them on top of the dresser for easy access to them in the morning.

End Prologue. Okay, so I know typing out the entire video of Midnight Channel's broadcast was a bit much, but I wanted to give Saiyaka's opinions on it throughout the video and I saw that as the best way. Saiyaka's full profile will be in the A/N's section at the beginning of chapter 1. See you then! *Places Bookmark.*