"So... what you're saying, is there's a chance?"

"Listen, I can't promise anything."

"Go *uck yourself, I know he has the potential, and so does she."

Moments after...

The story went all over the news, news of these shadow beasts infecting everyone. Fortunately, the only real way for the shadows to get you is through depression, and of course, I'm never depressed. The only way to defeat this shadow is this theorized dark hour, which only exists at 12:00, where it turns into 13:00. I get cool weapons during that time, so I guess it's working. I got to stop talking to myself.

I went to the liquor store, to buy some booze just in case someone in my group get's depressed, because alcohol solves everything, for me, anyways. I looked at the store owner, who seemed to be a little bit too happy.

"Hello, can I have 20 bottles of Yebisu?"

"Sorry, we're out of of Yebisu," he said. I looked around and I saw some rice wine. I bagged about 70 bottles of it and gave it to the man, "Oh, you want this, only... 34580 yen!? Wow, you're a big spender."

I sighed, "Yeah, just give me the wine," I answered. I handed him the money and went along my way. When I went out of the store, I noticed he kept on laughing and laughing, though I shrugged it off as nothing. I looked on the street I was on. There was a gun glued to the road, I also ignored that. I soon traveled to my dorm.

"Oh hey Toniko," my friend greeted as I entered the dorm, smiling at the amount of alcohol in my bag. I quickly hid the bag from her site, for now. "We just heard the news, the number of victims has went down!"

I rolled my eyes at this fact. "What's that going to do, it's not like that's going to help us eliminate the dark hour. I mean, with the other group going through that dungeon, we should head to Yomi, to eliminate the dark hour completely."

I smiled and gave her a drink of wine. She looked at me weird though, like she didn't know something that I did. "Come on, you know the world of the dead," I laughed. I drank my bottle of wine super fast, because I was worried I would get too depressed drinking slowly. N-not that I would get depressed. I looked at Ashley's (her name is Ashley) sweet face. We drank for hours until we got feedback from another member.

"You guys, there's a major shadow here, can you eliminate it?"

I slowly switched on my Transceiver. "I think we can, although, how you want us to eliminate is an entirely different story."

"Well, it doesn't matter, just go outside," he ordered. I followed his wishes, but outside I found a being made of red, like, maroon, but not blood red like if your skin was turned inside out. It was more like a 3d silhouette. He began to speak.

"My name is Denial, I am what all humans don't accept, though I'm having a hard time realizing that. I was created out of the many thoughts of the humans, because at one point or another, you all experienced denial, or maybe not."

I gulped, and felt worried. I couldn't aim my glasses directly at the monster, it kept on moving, and fading out a lot, almost as though it was denying its own existence. I eventually got the enemy in my glasses sight and began traveling inside its mind.

My teammate followed me as I explored it's mind. It was full of truths and lies, conflicting each other. There was many doors, but only one was unlocked. I went through that door, fully expecting what was to happen next. Inside the room was the same guy outside, except armed with a shinken.

"Ha, I don't think I should be happy for this," the symbolic being said.

"Toniko, should we be fighting this guy?" Ashley asked.

"Yes, we should," said I as I readied my spadroon. I passed Ashley my Glock 17. She reloaded the weapon and attempted to shoot at the monster. I slashed my sword at "him" and he dodged it.

"You fool," he snickered. "Can't you see, the only way to defeat me, is to not defeat me."

I looked up at him, and wondered. "Are you alive?"

He laughed. "Of course I'm alive."

Ashley then began speaking. "And you don't deny you exist?"

"Yes," he explained as he began weakening. I noticed this was the perfect time to strike. I aimed my blade at his heart and it actually hit. He began disappearing, leaving no final words or traces of himself behind.

We got out of his mind and I began noticing that my eyes became heavy. I closed them and fell into a heavy sleep...

Author's note: I haven't really thought where to take this series. As you can see, it's very convoluted and could of been an orignal story, had I not mention the dark hour and the other team, which is an allusion to SEES, because this story might co-interact with one another, without actually interfering with the story of Persona 3.

Maybe.