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Chapter 3

Road to School, Early Morning, 04/13

"Whoa, waaaagh!" was the words said by the same dude with headphones yesterday now when he crashed his bike into a trashcan. Seriously, couldn't he just train with the damn thing while he had some free time? I thought before realizing that, since it's school days, he must have either studied, or slacked off. "Someone…help…" he said as he was rolling in said trashcan. "Okay, Narukami, we might as well help him now. Seriously, dude gets into more accidents than Tom." I said to Narukami, wanting to help him not only out of pity for the guy, but also for his honor, at least. "Fine, we'll help him." Narukami replied with a sigh, as me and him help the poor dude out of the trashcan.

"Thanks. Really saved my bacon back there." the dude said, getting back on his bike. "Seriously man, take care of yourself. Dunno how much damage your body can take." I said, telling him to not get into more mishaps. "I'll be okay…thanks. Hey…aren't you the transfer students, Yu Narukami and Tyzell Brenwing?" he said. "Yeah, that's us. The red and blue, calm and energetic, basic opposites. But we're friends, so eh." I said, reintroducing ourselves to the guy. Still, surprised that he can remain not embarrassed after many fails. Dude's got no pride, huh?

"I'm Yosuke Hanamura, nice to meet ya." he finally introduced himself. Finally, a name other than just "a dude in headsets". I thought. "Nice to meet you as well." Narukami replied with a smile, since well, we finally got his name after a long time. "So, you okay? I mean, after yesterday…" I asked, since, well, after yesterday, he might've asked what he had done to deserve it. "Oh no, I'm just fine. It's just, I really just have some bad luck." Yosuke answered with a chuckle. Dude's cheery, gotta give ya that.

"Say, you heard about that incident yesterday? They found that announcer lady hanged…to an antenna!" he said, recalling the scene yesterday. "Yeah, we were at the crime scene, but later head home after a while there." I replied, remembering the fact that Narukami, Chie, Yukiko, and I were there. "I heard the sirens first. We were curious, so we checked it out." Narukami added. "Oh. But do you think it was a warning? There's no way that was an accident." Yosuke said. "Yeah, it wouldn't make sense if it was an accident." I replied, pointing out the fact that there were no tall buildings in the area. "Hanging a corpse like that. That's messed up." Yosuke said, cringing at the thought. "Then again, it's messed up to even kill somebody in the first place." he added. True, it's still morally incorrect, but then again, I'm kinda in the gray anyway. No one is a goody two-shoes. No one has been.

"Crap, we're late! Say, you wanna bike your way. It's a bit squeaky but, it should be fine." Yosuke said, offering us to take the bike. "No thanks." Narukami replied. But I was no stranger to danger. "I'll take it. Might as well cut on the walking, right?" I said. "Cool." Yosuke said, as we headed to school, with me on wheels.

Yasogami High, Morning, 04/13

We listened to King Moron as he taught us philosophy. God, even in teaching us in philosophy, he still has to be an asshole. Still, I had to be quiet, despite the constant broiling anger on me. He's a teacher, me and the rest of the class are students, so we have to respect him despite his damned attitude. Still though, wouldn't kill him to lighten the fuck up every once in a damn while.

Yasogami High, After School, 04/13

"So, getting used to the place?" Yosuke asked the both of us. "It's great. Socializing with others, enjoying the local scenery. This place is great." I answered. "It's fine." Narukami replied. "You sure do enjoy this place, Tyzell." Yosuke said. He then added, "There's ain't much you can get here than in the big city. But it has that certain…something that you can't get anywhere else. Air's clean, food's great. You heard about the local delicacy?" "Nah, haven't much time to explore the area." I said. "It's grilled steak, dude! Eh, like that's any rare, huh?" Yosuke said with cheer. "Dude. Awesome. Problem is, however, we are lacking in the funds department." I said in dismay, as my wallet contained only a few yen, good enough for a drink at the vending machine. "No problem, man. You guys saved me, so I'll treat you. It's on me. I know a place." Yosuke said. "Awesome, bud. Hey, Narukami. Wanna go too?" I asked him. "Eh. Why not? I'm game." He replied, getting up from his seat to go. Then Chie walked by.

"What about me, huh? No apologies for yesterday?" she said. "You always go here once I mention about food, huh?" Yosuke answered in dismay. "How about it, Yukiko, don't you think he should treat us too?" Chie said to her raven-haired friend. "No, you guys go. I don't want to gain weight. Besides, I got work at the inn anyway." Yukiko replied. "You starting to take over the business, Yukiko-san?" Yosuke asked, since he probably knows about that. "No, I just help out when things over there get busy." Yukiko answered as she left the classroom. "Oh well, her loss, we should get going." Chie said. "Huh? Do I seriously have to treat you, Chie?!" Yosuke said in shock as we leave the classroom.

Junes Food Court, After School, 04/13

"This is the place?! They don't even have steak here!" Chie complained as Yosuke served the food to all 4 of us. "Yeah, I changed my plans when you hopped in the freeloader train, Chie." Yosuke replied. "Still, no reason to take us to your place!" Chie shot back. "It isn't my place or anything…" Yosuke said. "What did Chie meant by "your place"?" I asked. "Oh, yeah, haven't told you yet, huh?" he responded. "I moved from another city six months ago. My dad here got a job as a manager of this branch. Here's just welcoming you to town. Satonaka, yours is on me too."

"Eh, it ain't no steak. But I'm never one to turn down a free meal. Unless if it's filled with vegetables. Don't get me wrong…I eat them, but some veggies just taste like damn crap." I said as I took my meal. We then talked about various stuff, like what's new, our pasts and the whole shebang.

"You know, this place has been open for half a year, but I really haven't been to the local shopping district ever since." Chie said with concern. "It's normal. This place, according to the prices I've seen so far, is like Asda back home, or like Wal-Mart over at America. It's bound to get the business booming." I said, pointing the similarities of Junes to it's equivalent back home. "But a lot of stores over at the district have started to close and…Oh…uh…" Chie answered back, but silenced as she looked over at Yosuke's face, who seems to look sad. "You can't blame Junes for that, can you?" Yosuke said with a sigh. Then, a girl in an apron, who, by the looks of it, works on a restaurant here, sits on a table. "Hey, it's Saki-senpai!" Yosuke said. It seems that he knows her. He even calls her senpai, but something seems…odd about her…it's as if something seems to be bothering her. Nevertheless, he goes to her. "Be right back. Sorry." Yosuke says as he goes to her. "Is she Yosuke's…" I asked Chie. "You'd wish! That's Saki Konishi, she, along with her family, runs a liquor store at the shopping district. She works here part-time, though…I think." Chie answers. I look over at the two people.

He's talking with Saki, asking her if she's fine. She replies by saying she's on break, and asks Yosuke, whom she calls "Hana-chan" due to his surname, if he's boosting his family business by bringing his friends, meaning us, here. He says no, of course, and continues to ask her if she's fine. She says that she's just tired, but I can see that look doesn't really expressing tired. In fact, she's more in the line of contemplating. Hmm, what could she be thinking? I thought, getting curious. Yosuke expresses his concern by saying that if she needs to talk, she can always talk to him. It also looks like he also has something else to say, but he gets interrupted by Saki, who just chuckles and says thanks. I hear her mutter something under my breath, saying something along the lines of questioning why she left school early? I then think back to yesterday.

"A high school student left early, and when she was walking down this road…"

Nah, that couldn't be possible…right? I thought, since Yosuke said senpai, that means she could either be in college or high school. But I thought she's too young for college, so she must be a high school student. It's a large coincidence, but the facts ring true in my brain. I then notice the fact that she noticed us and is now headed to our general direction.

"Are you the transfer students? Oh, you've heard about me already?" she asked. "Yes, senpai." Narukami said as he nodded. "It must be nice to have someone else from the city to talk to, huh? I don't see Hana-chan hanging out with the other guys much." Saki-senpai says. It's logical, given the fact that he's a transfer student. Most people wouldn't socialize him that much, even if he's been here for six months. I thought. "Uh, not necessarily…" Yosuke says with a chuckle. "He doesn't have too many friends, so I hope you get along well." Saki-senpai said with a smile. "He's a good guy, but if he annoys you, you have to tell him in his face." She added. "Nah, we cool with him, senpai." I answered. "I know, I'm just kidding." Saki-senpai says as she chuckles. "C-Come on, senpai. There's no need to worry about that." Yosuke stammers. "Oh, well, my break's almost over, gotta get to work. Seeya!" she says as she leaves the group. "Senpai…" Yosuke says in dismay as he sits back in his chair.

He then laughs and says, "Saki-senpai says I'm annoying, but she's noisier than me." He then added, "She has a younger brother, and she treats me the same way as him." Chie then says, "Oh, so you want her to treat you as something more? I see how it is." She then had to add, "The daughter of a family run liquor store and the son of the invading market. The flame of forbidden love!" which chuckles me because it reminded me of Shakespeare in a way. "Wha-? No, it's nothing like that!" Yosuke says, yet Chie keeps pressing him, till she says one thing that piques my interest.

"You've ever heard of the Midnight Channel? It is said that when you look at a TV in a rainy day at midnight, alone and switched off all lights, and as you stare at the TV, an image will appear, that of another person, and that person is destined to be your soulmate." Chie said, in a "spooky-scary narrator" voice tone. "What? You still believe in that childish urban legend?" Yosuke says, telling that it doesn't exist. Urban legends made me remember a time in which back home, we did the Bloody Mary urban legend. It didn't work, no big surprise there, but it didn't stop me from discovering the unknown. "You don't believe it, do you? It's about to rain tonight! Let's all try it out, you'll see." Chie retorts at Yosuke. "Wait, all of us? You haven't tried it out yourself? Then how is it true?!" Yosuke says, his suspension of disbelief still probably in check. "Wow, how idiotic can you be…All that aside, you think the incident that happened yesterday was really just murder?" he says, shifting to another conversation. "You think the culprit's still around, teeheehee?" he added, teasing Chie. "Jeez, don't joke like that! Now who's the childish one?" Chie says, cringing.

"All I'm saying is, you guys try it out tonight. You never know, it might work." she adds. "Sure, I'm game, I like stuff like these. I hope it's actually true, though." I said. "Fine then, not because I believe it, but I want to see it for myself." Narukami adds. "Okay then, it's all set." I say as we go on ahead to check it out.

Brenwing Residence (aka My House), Evening, 04/13

"Breaking news: Mayumi Yamano's dead body has been found hanged above a house in this isolated rural town. This is maybe in correlation to a previous case involving an affair with Taro Namatame, congressman and husband of enka singer, Misuzu Hiiragi. The police plan to investigate this relationship and question people who are involved with them. In addition, we bring you an exclusive interview with the student who found Ms. Yamano's body." The news said as they looked upon the case yesterday and check if it's in accordance with a previous case. Another boring news story, I thought, as it's all the same to me…

Until something appeared that caught my eye.

The reporter was interviewing a young girl. Her face was blurred and the voice was modified. But I couldn't mistake it, and neither did I mistake the uniform. It was a Yasogami high standard outfit for females. And the face that wore it…Saki Konishi. What the hell? I was right?! I thought, since at first I thought it was pure coincidence, but there's no mistaking it now. She was the one who found the body. She answered as if she didn't know what happened, but I'm sure to damn hell I ain't mistaken. As the news ended, and a commercial for Junes appeared, with that catchy tune "Everyday's great at your Junes!" being there, I discovered that even the police couldn't do anything. Sounds like a Holmes-like mystery… but I'd be damned if that was the case. I thought, since this can't be a coincidence. But there was no time for debunking conspiracy theories. I had a rumor to check.

Midnight strikes…

The stage is set, and the rain's here, time to see what this is all about…I thought as I look at my empty flatscreen TV, now devoid of power. As the clock struck 12, nothing happened…I knew it. Rumor debunked, let's go to-what the hell?! I thought, as I thought that it wasn't real. But there was static, even when turned off… I then saw images, of a lady going into a building, but nothing else. And then this loud voice kept whispering in my head…

"I am thou, and thou art I…

Thou are one of the few who can open this door.

Open thine eyes...

and-aw fuck it just put your hand in the TV already, you fucking dense arse!"

I then had the urge to stick my hand in the TV. Which I did, and now I'm getting sucked in my TV. Luckily, with all my strength, I manage to pull out my arm before all of me got sucked in. I landed with a thud to my sofa. Trying to pull myself together, I thought of one sentence…

What the hell have I gotten myself into?

Author's Note: Chapter 3 has arrived! And I bet you are thinking one question...WHY THE HELL IS TYZELL SMART, ACTS LIKE A GEEK, AND IS ABLE TO DEDUCE THE FACT THAT SAKI'S A WITNESS?! ALSO, WHY IS HE CALLED THE SAME WAY YU WAS IN THE ORIGINAL?! Well, I'd answer that if you'd stop ranting like a crazed lunatic.

First, Tyzell's OP levels of knowledge and geekiness. Well, it's all explained in Chapter 2. He used to play Holmes with his fellas back home in London. But that's not enough for you. Well, here we go...to play Holmes, one must have a sensible degree of smartness...a role like that can't just be played (That's why the Robert Downey Jr. movies sucked.), it has to be immersed. He and his friends were big fans of Holmes, and thus, is able to incorporate both his knowledge of Holmes and real life (remind you, he was in London before the events of the story, and thus, he was able to research a lot in schools. Trust me, I may have no real experience being in London, but it being a city of intellectuals, it makes sense.), thus, his intelligence level is equaled to Yu's. The only difference is the geekiness, and personality. While Yu is the calm, snarky-snark leader, Tyzell is the energetic, fun, and equally as determined member of the group. You're going to say "Isn't he like every shonen protagonist then?" to which I answer no. He isn't reckless, short-tempered, jerkish, or innocent either. He has a plan, but rather than saying it, he puts it into action. But it's not entirely OP, no. There will be moments of denseness, just not as often as you'd think.

Plus, his geekiness is measured in his games. Remember in Chapter 2 when he said he completed all his games? I meant he 100% them all. Also, if your asking, "Then, shouldn't he be a fat slob?" I answer to that as such...NOT EVERY GEEK LAZES AROUND, YOU KNOW.

As for the fact that he deduced Saki was a witness, it was all a case of "it's obvious right in front of you, jackass" in the game. I decided to add that in for the fact that I think some Persona 4 players deduced it anyway.

And the second question, I answer this. In Chapter 1, remember the Velvet Room sequence? He gets the same stuff like Yu does in the games. The cards, the words, almost everything. And you are going to say "then he's another Wild Card?" to which I say no, he isn't, he gets one Persona only, just like the companions, but there's something unique to Tyzell's Persona, to which I won't reveal until a certain arc in the game.

And the intelligence and geekiness isn't the only thing he has, he has a unique skill which is not Persona-based, but rather, something I will add into the story to make it more...interesting. And it's not OP, it's a thing he will do occasionally, which I won't reveal until the same certain arc is mentioned in the game.

And yes, I pulled a Hiimdaisy. Love that joke!

Stay strong, cause Chapter 4 is coming...soon.-TrickyFanWriter