A/N: Alright, here`s Chapter 2! Still don`t own anything! Also, pairings, at least Souyo, don`t start popping up until later. Saknobu does start early, though!

The soft tones of a piano was what greeted Sakyo`s ears as he awoke. He opened his eyes, instantly seeing an insane amount of blue. It seemed familiar somehow. Suddenly, he heard a feminine chuckle from a few feet in front of him. That was when he saw the blonde haired woman from the game intro.

"Ah, what a rarity it is for there to be two guests of the Velvet Room at the same time!" The man from the intro said, glancing at Sakyo himself and the grey haired teen sitting next to him.

Both teens glanced at each other, both showing signs of confusion. The man chuckled.

"My name is Igor. I am delighted to make your acquaintance." Igor then glanced at Sakyo. "Since you arrived so out of the blue, why don`t you introduce yourself next?" Igor asked, making Sakyo gulp.

"Uh, Sakyo. Sakyo Kuroyami." He said, a bit creeped out at Igor`s sudden interest in learning his name. Igor nodded, then turned to the other teen expectantly.

"I`m Yu Narukami." Yu said, nodding in greeting. He turned to Sakyo and smiled, trying to give the other a good first impression. Meanwhile, Sakyo was mentally freaking out.

`What the hell is going on?! Why am I inside the game?`

Igor, sensing his confusion, chuckled.

"This place exists between dream and reality, mind and matter...It is a room that only those who are bound by a "contract" may enter." Igor explained, causing Sakyo to become more confused.

"But I never signed a contract!" Both teens exclaimed, only realizing they said so at the same time a moment later. They looked at each other, a bit dazed that their thought pattern had been the same. Igor`s already wide smile widened a fraction more.

"It may be that such a fate awaits you both in the near future." Igor said, suddenly raising his hand. "Now, let`s take a look at your futures, shall we?"

Suddenly, a set of blue cards appeared on the table before them, all set in a specific pattern. "Do you believe in fortune telling? Each reading is done with the same cards, yet the result is always different," Igor explained. Both teens nodded along, not trusting their voices at this point. Igor chuckled once more.

"Life itself follows the same principles, doesn`t it?" As he said this, one of the cards flipped over. What it depicted was beyond the red head, but the intrigue in Igor`s eyes made him stiffen.

"Hm...The Tower in the upright position represents the immediate future. It seems a terrible catastrophe is imminent." Igor said. Sakyo sighed. `Knew it... That does not sound good at all!` He thought to himself. Igor wasn`t done, apparently.

"The card indicating the future beyond that is..." Another card was flipped over, and Igor`s eyes lit up with intense intrigue.

"The Moon, in the upright position." At that, both teens send a questioning look to each other, silently asking if either had any idea what that meant. They didn`t have to wait long for clarification.

"This card represents "hesitation" and "mystery". Very interesting indeed," Igor said. Sakyo frowned. What did that mean?

"It seems you both will encounter a misfortune at your destination, and a great mystery will be imposed upon you. In the coming days, you will enter into a contract of some sort, after which you will return here." Igor explained, causing Sakyo to tense.

`I shouldn`t even be here! This isn`t my world! I should be granted the choice to decide if I want to go through with this or not!` As he thought this, the woman looked straight at him, as if looking into his very soul. He shivered, not liking the mischievous look in her golden eyes.

"The coming year is a turning point in your destiny...If the mystery goes unsolved, your futures may be forever lost..." Igor then looked at Sakyo specifically, "...Or, you may not be able to return to where you came from."

Sakyo flinched. `N-no way! So, I have to go through with this if I want to go home?! That`s insane!` Just the mere thought of it made him pissed. Suddenly, he remembered what had happened right before he was transported here. `That choice! So that was what it meant!`

"My duty is to provide assistance to our guests to ensure that does not happen." Igor said, dismissing the cards from the table. Suddenly, he gestured over to the woman.

"Ah! I have neglected to introduce my assistant to you. This is Margaret. She is a resident of this place, like myself." Igor said, and Margaret gave an affirmative nod.

"My name is Margaret. I am here to accompany you through your journey." She said, a very subtle twinkle in her eye.

"We shall attend to the details another time. Until then, farewell..." Igor said, causing Sakyo to finally notice the subtle feeling of weightlessness that had started to overtake his senses.

Then, there was darkness.

Meanwhile

Abby and Saky looked at the screen in horror, having watched the full scene play out. Saky had tears in her eyes that she was futilely trying to hide.

"S-so that means...Big bro can`t come back until he solves the mystery of the Inaba murders?!" Saky shrieked, causing Abby to start. Her blues eyes widened, and she quickly enveloped the other girl in a hug.

The duo had previously seen the anime adaptation and other people play through the game and knew who committed the murders, but Abby knew that Sakyo didn`t.

`He won`t know what to do. What should I-?` Abby thought, but then she spotted it; The controller. With a determined demeanor, she slowly let go of the sniffling red-silver head, grabbing the pink controller on the floor and sitting in her purple beanbag chair.

"A-Abby-san?" Saky asked, confused. Abby gave her a determined look, and Saky smiled, sitting down too.

"We`ll help him out of there, even if we have to use the best of our Persona experience to do it!"