(Disclaimer: I don't own P4, Golden or Animation.)

So here we go. This'll be a novelization of Persona 4 and also the beginning of a re-write of my seven first chapters including this one: when I first posted the story, I was far from having the experience I have right now, and I owe most of it to you guys, thanks.

Of course, it will contain some ideas of my own. First things first, Yu=OOC (His personality will be somewhat cold and unfriendly, but most of all, confusing… you'll see by yourself).

I'll introduce some pairings in this story later as well and make sure that nobody in the team stay single. Let's begin.

Welcome to Inaba

Normal POV:

All of this began in a foggy place, foggy, empty and unknown, to the point you would think you arrived in another world, or, reached the limits of another dimension.

From the distance, you could distinguish a silhouette approaching. The silhouette in question revealed itself to be a car; a limousine after taking a good look. It had an unpredictable destination.

Inside of it, there was an old man dressed in elegant clothes; a black suit, that had in its upper pocket a handkerchief, one of those that only noble people had, and a pair of elegant white gloves. Next to him, there was a young woman with blond hair and yellow eyes, dressed all in blue with a huge book that she placed on her legs.

The gentlemen, who completely revealed his face, had a very long nose and a creepy smile. He had big, scary and disturbing eyes. He looked at his opposite side to face a young man sitting there with his terrible expression.

The young man, in question, was a silverette, with silver eyes and dressed in a black jacket and a grey shirt with buttons and black pants.

"Welcome to the Velvet room my dear guest, my name is Igor and I am here to make your acquaintances. Let me introduce to you my assistant Margaret." The old man, now known as Igor, said while gesturing his hand towards the young woman.

"Pleased to meet you. I am here to accompany you through your journey." Margaret said, introducing herself, too.

"Now how about you introduce yourself as well?" the creepy man asked.

"My name is Yu Narukami." The silver-haired youth replied.

Igor, then, made some cards appear on the table in front of him.

"Let's take a look into your future, shall we? Do you believe in fortune telling? Each reading is done with the same cards, yet the results are different… Look a lot like life, doesn't it."

He randomly picked up one card before speaking again "Hn… The Tower in the upright position represents the immediate future. A terrible catastrophe is imminent."

Then, he picked one more card "The Moon in the upright position means 'hesitation' and 'mystery'. A misfortune is waiting at your destination, and a great mystery will be imposed to you. You'll come back here after entering into some sort of contract. The coming year is a turning point in your destiny… If the mystery goes unsolved, your future may be forever lost. That is why I am here, to provide assistance to our guests so that don't happen. We shall attend to the details another time. Until then, farewell…"

Yu's POV:

Geez, so my parents did hate me that much to send me to this shit-hole, how was it called already? Inaba. I was waiting for my uncle at the station which was as empty as my stomach; I completely forgot to have a snack the way here.

But then, a moment later, a middle-aged man came alongside a little girl. He was walking towards me.

"Hi, you must be Yu (worst joke ever). I am your uncle, Ryotaro Dojima." The man said while extending his hand to me.

"Nice to meet you." I replied, shaking it.

"Actually, we already met, but you were just a baby so you surely don't remember." My uncle précised.

And then, he looked at the girl who was with him "C'mon Nanako, say hello to your cousin."

"Hello." The little girl said shyly, before hiding behind her father.

"Hi." I greeted while waving to her.

"What are you so shy for, Nanako." Dojima-san teased her before she gave him a little hit in the back, which he didn't mind.

"By the way, we should get going now." We moved to Dojima-san's car and got in, he drove until we reached a gas station then he stopped: Nanako needed the bathroom and he needed his car filled.

The attendant came to meet us "Hi, welcome to Moel."

"Can you go to the bathroom by yourself?" Dojima asked Nanako to which she just nodded.

The both of them got out of the car. The attendant looked Nanako's way and gave her the direction to her destination "It's in the back to your left. Do you know which way's the left? The side you don't hold your chopsticks in."

"I know… geez…"

Finally, I decided to get out as well. The attendant noticed me and asked my uncle "Are you taking a trip?"

"No, we just went to pick him up. He just moved here from the big city. And fill up my car while you're at it. Regular's fine."

"Right away, sir."

Dojima-san took this opportunity to have a 'smoke' like he said. While filling up the car, the attendant turned his attention to me and he asked me.

"Are you in high school?"

"yeah." I responded

"You will be impressed how little things there is to do here. You'll surely get bored quickly, so you'll be occupied either hanging out with your friend or doing part-time jobs. Speaking of which, we are actually searching for a part-time help. Give it some thought, why don't you? Plus, we don't mind if you are a student." He extended his hand, wanting me to shake it. There was no need to embarrass him, so I did as he wanted. Even though, I'm not planning to take the job.

"Okay, I should get back to work." He said, with a suspicious smile. Weird… I feel all dizzy all of a sudden, could it be due to the trip? By the way, my uncle and cousin came back so we continue our way until we reached home. So, this is where I'll live for the whole year.

We entered, left our shoes on the wooden floor and walked to the living room where sat down to have dinner.

"All right, let's have a toast…" The mid-aged man said. "So, your parents are working overseas, right? It's only for a year but still, getting stuck in a place like this because of your parents… It's rough being a kid. Well, it's just me and Nanako here, so it'll be nice having you around. As long as you're here, you're part of the family, so make yourself home."

"Well, thank you, uncle."

"No need to be so formal, see? You make Nanako all tense." He sure like to tease his daughter "Now, let's eat."

*Pip**Pip**Pip*

We stopped eating after we heard the sound of a phone: apparently, it was Dojima-san's. He got up and answered.

"…Dojima speaking… All right… So where is it… I'm on my way." Then, he hang up.

"So I was right to skip the booze." He whispered to himself, before turning to us.

"Sorry, I gotta take care of some business, go ahead and eat without me. Nanako, I am counting on you to help him out."

"…Okay." Well, at first sight, I thought they were a close family, but the way Nanako said 'okay' made me understand that he leave her alone quite often.

Dojima gone, Nanako turned the TV on. We were just in time to see the weather report. I forgot that Inaba was rainy most of the year. I didn't like to see a child being sad, especially because of their parents.

I asked Nanako about her father's job, just to start a conversation, hoping to make her more at ease. She told me that Dojima-san was a detective. She still had that sad pinche in her voice, and she was still uneasy around me. Well, what did I expect? The girl's alone most of the time and she just got to know me.

Then, it was the news report time. It seems a certain Taro Namatame, who was the city's council secretary, was fired because of a relationship with a reporter Mayumi Yamano. Always boring, huh?

"This is boring." Is she reading my mind? Whatever, she changed the channel. There was a commercial spot.

"At Junes, every day is Customer Appreciation Day. Come see for yourself, and get in touch with our products! Every day's great at your June~s!" For the first time, my cousin's face brighten up. She smiled and singed the commercial song again.

"Every day's great at your Junes!" Well, she seems to like this song. I'd better eat now so I can get some sleep. *yawn* Gosh, I'm tired.

I guess that's it for this first chapter. Did you guys enjoy the rewrite? Do R&R, please!