Hey! Katekyo here! I got hooked onto Persona 3 and 4, and decided to try my hand at crafting a story about combining these two. My first try. Tell me what you think! Comments are greatly appreciated! Oh, and suggestions as well. I won't be using OCs, so no accepting requests to throw in OCs! Sorry

Akihiko: Are you forgetting something, K?

Katekyo: Don't call me K! Your name is a hassle to type! Oh, and the Persona series belong to Atlus, not me, but I wish!

Akihiko: *sigh*

Chapter 1: Confusion

Akihiko was confused. It was too foggy, and the Shadow had disappeared. He could not see for more than a few feet in front of him, and that was enough to almost send him over the edge. He wondered briefly who had done this to him, and the only person who came to his mind was that long-nosed gentlemen in that blue room in a car.

A few weeks ago, just after he had graduated and mourned the death of Minato, his junior and the person who created the Great Seal, the SEES had determined that the Dark Hour was gone, and so was Tartarus. SEES still mourn the death of their fearless (and indifferent) leader, but was dispersed due to the disappearance of the Dark Hour. They do still meet in the dorm, but it was not used now.

Akihiko had fallen asleep on the couch, tired out from the boxing match he had before coming back to meet with the SEES. As he fell deep into his sleep, he thought he saw a pair of blue earphones floating in front of him.

When he opened his eyes, he was standing in a blue room that appeared to be in a car. Sitting in front of him was a long-nosed gentleman, grinning away at him.

"Welcome to the Velvet Room. This place exists between dream and reality, mind and matter"

The Velvet Room? Akihiko opened his mouth to ask more questions, but was surprised to hear nothing from his mouth. The woman sitting next to him, a blonde with bright yellow eyes, smiled and nodded slightly.

"Yes. This room is the Velvet Room. I welcome you, honoured guest. I am Margaret. "

Akihiko was confused. The Velvet Room, Minato's earpieces, the long-nosed gentleman? The long-nosed gentleman grinned.

"You may call me Igor. Now, if you wish to move on, please sign this contract. Don't worry," Igor added quickly, "This contract only says that you would be responsible for your actions taken in this journey. It is nothing new to your life."

Akihiko looked down. On the contract, there was a line. It read: I shall chooseth this fate of my own free will. Below was a line to sign his name. Akihiko looked up, suspicious. What was in it for him?

Margaret answered his question. "Nothing. A simple way to fulfill your wish."

His wish...His wish of reviving Minato, for SEES to be complete again. Shinji...He stilled mourn his old friend, but Minato had given his life without consulting them. Even Yukari wished for the fearless leader to be back.

Akihiko hesitated, before picking up the blue pen next to the contract and signing his name: Akihiko Sanada. Igor smiled. Akihiko was started to find this gentleman a little creepy.

Igor waved his hand, and the contract disappeared. Akihiko rose an eyebrow. Magic tricks? At this time and age? Igor raised his hand again, and a card floated down and remained turning around and around in front of Akihiko.

"You shall have your Arcana returned to assist you in this journey. I wish you the best of luck in your journey." Igor closed his hand, and the card was crushed, revealing Polydeuces, Akihiko's initial Persona. Just as Akihiko attempted to reach for his Persona, his vision became so bright, he covered his eyes. The next thing he knew, Mitsuru and Yukari was shaking him awake.

"Senpai, you awake yet? We all just got back, found you asleep here." Yukari had asked. Junpei looked over from the table, eating Fuuka's food. "He must have been tired, from all that boxing. Pow! " Junpei punched his fist in the air. Akihiko could almost hear the usual tune that Junpei had when he levelled up in Tartarus.

Still groggy, he rubbed his head. "Yeah, just a little tired. What are we doing today?" Mitsuru sighed. "We are just going to have a slumber party here in the dorm, although I have no idea why we should." Junpei pouted.

"It's been so long since we all slept in the same dorm, so let's relive the memories again! Pillow fights, eating Fuuka's food, mucking around; Bliss! " Junpei seemed excited for this. Akihiko's lips curved upwards. "I'm with you on this one, Iori."

Mitsuru had sighed. Putting a hand on her forehead, she glanced at the girls. They both shrugged. It was the boys after all.

At least, that was what Akihiko had remembered of the night. Then, while they were all still busy having the damn pillow fight, even though the clock showed it was nearing 12 midnight, Akihiko had gone down to get a drink of water. He remembered watching the second hand of the clock ending the last minute.

Tick…Tock…Tick….Tock…. Ding.

The whole room became green right before his eyes, and he felt more awake than usual. The Dark Hour was back?! Akihiko ran up to the room, slamming open the door, only to find coffins. Running from the room, he dashed to the Control Room. Mitsuru must be there; she had to be. The Dark Hour was back, and there were coffins. What did this mean? As Akihiko opened the door to the Control Room, his heart sank. "Mitsuru?"

In the middle, in front of the couch, with the newspaper on the table, stood a coffin, a wooden coffin. Akihiko backed away, falling down and landing on his behind, clearly shocked. Mitsuru was not awake during the Dark Hour. Neither was Fuuka, Junpei or Yukari. Ken, Aigis, Koromaru? Akihiko dashed down to the living room. Three coffins stood there, one bigger than the last. They too, were in coffins. He was the only one awake.

This was bigger than he thought. He had to find more SEES members to replace those who were not awake and active. He…He was the only one awake now. Does that mean that the Great Seal was unlocked!? Akihiko dashed out to Gekkoukan High. Nope, it was still the school, not Tartarus. That means that the Great Seal was still closed.

Akihiko felt a presence behind him. The tapping of feet urged him to follow it. As Akihiko yelled for the person to stop, the footsteps stopped. Akihiko looked around the corner, to find a distressed Shadow. One of the Mayas. It saw him, raised its hands in the air as if screaming, and ran off in the opposite direction. Akihiko readied his Evoker and gave chase. The Maya ran around corners, clearly trying to lose Akihiko. It jumped into a shiny rectangle, something that in the green light, Akihiko could not make head or tails of. But who cares? Akihiko had decided to take the most obvious step to him: he jumped into the rectangle.

Immediately, Akihiko felt as if he was falling, falling through multiple television sets. As they curled to form a line, Akihiko felt a chill. At the last one, he was thrown out and landed face first on the ground. Sitting up, he looked around. It was foggy, but Akihiko tried to navigate his way around.

That was what had happened before he came to this spot. Now, Akihiko, though he hated to admit it, was lost. Putting his hands in front of him, he wandered forward. A few steps at a time, they were bound to take him somewhere. As he walked on, he heard a familiar sound. Swivelling, he saw 3 Shadows forming from the wall, taking a shape of a snail with a tongue? Uh… Akihiko took out his Evoker and shot himself. Nothing happened. Looking up in horror, he stared at the Shadows. They seemed to cackle at his futile attempt of summoning his Persona. Akihiko tried to run. Without Polydeuces, his chance of surviving was almost zero.

Turning around the corner, he faced a dead end. Looks like he would have to deliver some pain to the Shadows. Tugging his gloves, he turned and faced the Shadows. Oh, how much he would have given to at least be able to know the Shadows' weakness. Alas, Fuuka was not here.

Akihiko slammed his fist onto the Shadow, barely grazing it. However, the Shadow was clearly injured, from the way it shook itself to and fro. Akihiko grinned. This was better. Assuming a boxer stance, he slammed his fist onto the next one. The last one gave him a good lick, but Akihiko could still stand. He continued this tactic, constantly dodging their licks and slamming attacks.

It felt like eternity, and he had not defeated a single Shadow. Akihiko was tired, and was almost down in health. His attempts at summoning Polydeuces were still no good. Akihiko knew he could not go on. Was he going to be another victim of the Apathy Syndrome? Akihiko shook his head. No way was he giving up here. Minato would not have approved of this. But, he was the verge of collapsing. He would have to fight to the very end.

Suddenly, it was as if Minato had called for back-up. A loud squeaky voice called, "There is someone here! And he is beary injured! Hurry, Sensei! We have to save him from the Shadows!" The sound of running feet got closer. Akihiko could not see who it was, but he knew he was saved.

"Izanagi!"

"Jiraiya!"

"Tomoe!"

"All the enemies have been defeated, Yukiko-senpai, please heal the injured victim!"

"Alright. Konohana Sakuya, if you please."

Akihiko felt rejuvenated after the spell. He recognise the spell was Diarama, a healing spell. Stretching a bit, he looked up. He was still exhausted, but could make out humanoid shapes. Humans!

"Quickly, he is exhausted. We have to get him out! Oh no!"

Akihiko could feel himself falling forward. Crashing onto the floor, a small grin spread across his face. He had found new people to recruit to SEES; people who could already use Personas at that as well as fight Shadows. As the group of people surged forward to help him, he took a glance at them as he was picked up and place on someone's back. High school students, not from Gekkoukan High, but nonetheless helpful to SEES and the defeat of the Dark Hour. Akihiko felt hope rising in his heart, as his eyes closed and he succumbed to his exhaustion.

Katekyo: And that ends Chaaaaaapter 1! Yay!

Akihiko: Why did I sign up for this?

Katekyo: Because you are the only character I can play properly. And besides, I find that most combination of Persona 3 and 4 here on Fanfiction are all the Fools. So might as well use one that isn't a Fool. New idea?

Akihiko: ...I need more training to talk to you.

Katekyo: And that ends it here! I would like comments and correction, but no flaming please. I would greatly appreciate it! Buh-bye!

NOTE: Any of you want me to throw in someone else, send me a PM. I will see what I can do about it.