A/N: Another long break... it's hard to make a story -_-. You know, I read that there's going to be a manga of Persona 4 with Yosuke as protagonist... it's about when he first arrived to Inaba... what a coincidence XD.

... I'm really sleepy =_=...

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Forgotten Fool.

Forgotten memories, forgotten bonds.

Memories that will never be revealed.

Memories that will never be heard.

The Sun.

Her fire not being able to burn.

Her happiness being intimidated.

The Fool and The Sun.

The next one.

Forgotten memories, forgotten hero.

Memories forgotten but memories never erased.


Chie convinced Yosuke not to go to school in his bike because she said that he couldn't leave two ladies alone.

''Bullshit, she easily followed me and catch me when I tried to escape from her yesterday.''

Even though he was complaining in his mind, he was still aware of the people around him. He heard the conversation of every student that was near him, their actions and state. Chie and Yukiko were okay; they didn't seem to be ill, tired or talking any weird conversation, so he ignored them and kept paying attention to the other students. This was hard, trying to find the next person to enter the door to Yomi. He decided to ignore them since it was no use on concentrating outside of school, it would be easier to find out on where all the students are going to be: school of course.

The walk to school was peaceful thankfully. All the stores open to the public, even the liquor store where Saki Konishi once lived.

''…Sorry I couldn't do something earlier, Konishi-senpai.'' He felt kind of guilty that he couldn't save her earlier. He couldn't stop thinking about the pain her family has now.

''You now that it's not your fault. She died before you could get your powers.'' Susano-o was trying to get Yosuke's mind out of guilt. He couldn't have saved her back then, he never met her, neither that she was going to enter the door.

''I know that. I just feel bad knowing that she didn't lived long. I think… I can't get it out of my mind, I'm sorry Susano-o.''

''… I understand… just concentrate when you arrive at your school.''

''Yeah…''

The bookstore had a poster of a pink alligator on the windows saying that it will be available next month; a tofu shop, a grocery store, and the place where he and Chie went to eat that stone like steak.

''RUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!''

''I'M DOING IT!''

Yosuke, Chie and Yukiko turned around only to see two students of a middle school getting chased by… a white haired student with the same uniform, that was really big for a middle school student.

''Get back here you punks! Who do you think you're calling weird!''

''We didn't mean it, we're sorry!''

''You'll have to say that to my fists!'' With that they were out of sight while they ran yelling at each other and screaming.

''Are they going to be okay?'' Yukiko asked while looking worried for those two students who were running away from the big one.

''I doubt it. He seemed serious about beating them up.'' Unlike Yukiko, Chie wasn't too worried about them.

''He doesn't look like the type of guy to go around and beat up random people. It looks like he had a reason to do so. I hope it doesn't happen to me though.'' Yosuke said with an uncaring expression.

The other two nodded in agreement.

''So, anyway, hey Yosuke…''

''What…''

''Why aren't you hearing music now…?''

''No reason.'' 'Just to be aware' was the real answer he wanted to give. He wants to be aware of all the people that is around him, but since he decided to ignore them and keep thinking on what Igor said, he totally forgot his way of getting calm, which is hearing music, he put his headphones to his ears and the song that started playing was ''Burn My Dread''. The word that he really didn't wanted to hear was ''burn'', he changed it to another one called ''Heartbeat, Heartbreak'', at least it was better than the word ''burn''. Just to be sure, he putted the volume fairly low so he can hear his surroundings.

''Hey, Susano-o…?''

''Yes…?''

''You know who is this corrupted child, don't you?''

''… Yes.''

''Would you mind telling me, who or what it is?''

''…I'm not allowed to.''

''Why not…?'' Yosuke sounded irritated. The reason of this happening is thanks to this so called corrupted child. He only felt hatred towards Tsukuyomi and the corrupted child, an innocent person died for a stupid sacrifice.

''My siblings and I, swore in a pact to not talk about this matter. Tsukuyomi is the only one that takes care of the sacrifices, me and my sister, we only have to wait for this sacrifices to happen.'' When a god is obliged to keep an important matter as a secret, they make a pact of blood, there are no exceptions to any god; all of them are obliged to make that pact. If the pact is successful, that god must keep that secret forever and not speak it to no one, not even to a greater god. No pact has been broken as of yet, so no one knows what happens if a god breaks a pact.

''We gods, cannot break a pact. If I wasn't tied to this pact, I wouldn't retaliate to tell who the corrupted child is.''

''…I get it. Anyway, my task is to only prevent the students to go through that door, but…'' He knew what he had to do, but… he felt unsure, he promised to save all of his friends… but the thing that made him unsure and scared wasn't something like ''what if I can't'' or ''I'm scared to do so'' or ''what if I die'', that didn't matter… there was something stronger than that.

''…what then…?'' Is this ever going to end? Will he need to protect the students of that school forever? Preventing the death of students of the school wasn't enough, all of this problem needed to end. This can't go on forever… there's need to be something so it can be stopped.

'''what then…' what, Yosuke…?'' Chie asked while she and Yukiko looked at Yosuke.

''What?'' He snapped into reality leaving his conversation with Susano-o.

''You said 'what then', so I'm asking why did you say that.''

''Oh… well… just thinking about the ending of a video game I played. The sequel hasn't come out yet, so I'm asking myself what is going to happen next… only that, don't worry about it.'' That was the best excuse he could come up with, it may be lame, but it's normal for a teenager to think about that once or twice.

''Oh, okay.''

''You'll find something out, I know you will.'' Said Susano-o disappointed of himself. He wants to tell Yosuke everything, even a way of stopping this calamity, but that pact was the only door that he couldn't open.


Girls gossiping or talking about guys; guys talking about movies, video games or girls and the teachers in the faculty office discussing about their lives or about the next class, everything normal, nothing out of the ordinary yet.

''Now that you are here, you must pay attention at everything. The symptoms could be many things; you only must notice the things that are out of the ordinary in their behavior, conversations, etc.''

''Got it. You try to help me out too Susano-o, try to look around as well. While I'm in class, I must pay attention to the teacher too, try to look and hear everything you can at that time. I'll start to look around during breaks and after school.''

''Understood.''

''Now that classes haven't started yet, I'll take a walk around school to see if anything's strange in someone. I know this is much to ask, considering that you have to pay attention too during class, but, help me out a little in my free time as well.''

''Don't worry, my duty as a Persona, is to help in any way possible to the one that carries me.''

''Okay, thanks. I'll start now with the first floor.'' Before he started walking, someone stopped him from doing so.

''Wait, where are you going…?'' Chie asked looking at Yosuke with suspicion.

''I'm going to take a walk before class starts…''

''Oh, okay. Want a little company?''

''No need to, it will be just a quick walk. I promise I'll be back before Ms. Sofue gets in the classroom.'' He started walking before hearing any confirmation from Chie.

''O-Okay… and he's gone *sigh*''

''What's the matter, Chie?'' Yukiko asked looking concerned.

''Well… I just hate how distant he is to us. At least he should greet us with a good mood like 'Hey what's up Satonaka, Amagi!' or something like that.'' Trying to imitate a cheerful Yosuke, Chie dropped her arms with a disappointed look on her face.

''He barely calls us by our last names… actually… he barely speaks… so I don't think he'll even say hi.''

''Maybe you're right, but oh well, maybe he'll change someday.''

''I really hope so.'' With that, they entered in the classroom.


Yosuke was walking to every place with possible access to him in the school. He looked at every person walking in his direction and on what they were talking about; he was concentrating in hearing any weird conversation, like a strange dream or something similar.

''A-Achoo!''

''I heard many times that when you sneeze, it means that someone is talking about you.''

''That's just a dumb rumor Susano-o.''

''Uh… Bless you.'' A girl said to Yosuke when he sneezed.

''Ugh… thank you… huh?'' He looked from left to right but he couldn't find where the voice came from.

''Um… d-down here…''

''What…? … Oh…'' When he heard that, he looked down in front of him only to look a girl that by her appearance seemed to be in elementary school. The girl had short hair that reached her cheeks and two red circles in the latter; she was wearing a pink dress with a red sweater jacket.

''Are you okay?''

''Yes, it's just a sneeze, no need to worry, bye.'' Before he could go and keep searching, the girl stopped him to do so.

''Uh, wait!''

''…What?''

''Could you tell me where the faculty office is? I think I'm lost.''

''… You… realize you're on the second floor right?''

''Yes.''

''In the practice building…''

''P-practice building…?'' She seemed confused a little looking around her realizing that she was trying to find the faculty office in a different building.

''I'm gonna take that as a no… why do you need to know? Wanna find your big sister?''

''What…? No, I don't have a sister, I-I just need to talk to one of the teachers.''

''Why does a ten year old girl wants to talk to one of the teachers?'' When he finished saying that, the girl frowned at him, she was obviously angry.

''Oh crap. What did I do…?''

''I-I'm not ten! I'm in my last year in middle school!'' She yelled at him with teary eyes while blushing. Yosuke put up his arms in defense trying to avoid something like being hit.

''F-fine, you don't need to yell at me, I'm sorry!''

''Huh…? Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't meant to yell at you, I'm really sorry.''

''What's her deal?''

''Really I'm sorry, um… so… can you tell me where is the faculty office, please? Two students told me that the faculty office is in this building on the second floor.''

''*Sigh* They fooled you…''

''W-what…?''

''They fooled you. The faculty office is in that other building –the classroom building– on the first floor, from the main entrance of the classroom building, go right and one of the signs above the doors will say 'faculty office'.'' The girl was paying attention at what Yosuke was saying while nodding at every direction he pointed.

''Okay, thank you very much. Um, my name is Ayane Matsunaga, nice to meet you.'' The girl introduced herself to him bowing.

''…Yosuke Hanamura, nice to meet you too…'' He introduced himself as well, almost not caring about it.

''I'm want to start my first year of High school in this school next year, that's why I want to talk to one of the teachers.''

''Oh, cool, then go to the faculty office now, good luck with that, I hope you can get into this school. I'll see you next year then.'' He gave her a smile.

''Hey, do you like this school?'' She asked him. He didn't know why she asked that question to him.

''What do you mean by that…?'' He felt strange hearing that question. He promised to save all the students when they go through that door, but he never stopped a second to think or even see if this school was nice, not even if the people there were good people.

''Well… I know I said that I want to go to this school, but I just want to be reassured if the people here are nice.''

''I-I'm not sure myself, I just transferred here three days ago.''

''Oh, then sorry for asking you that… A-Anyway, I'll be going now, thanks for the help Yosuke-san.'' When she started walking away, Yosuke said one last thing to her.

''Don't worry about wondering if there are nice people in this school…'' She turned her head and looked at him with wonder.

''… The two persons I met here in my first day… are very nice, so don't worry, I'm sure you'll find a good friend sooner or later, just try hard.'' With those last words, he started walking again to search if any student acted strange. Ayane on the other hand, smiled while Yosuke walked away, she fully turned around and once again, she bowed full of enthusiasm.

''Thank you, Yosuke-san, I'll try my best!'' When she finished thanking him, she looked at him walking away with a little admiration in her eyes and started running towards the faculty office.

''That was almost out of character.''

''I know, but I don't want her to go to this school scared because of the people here. I think it's a good thing for her to be wishing for a good year in this school.''

''You still haven't answered her question…'' That was true, he only answered a 'don't know' and only an indirect answer, but yet, not a decisive one. His promise to keep everyone safe was a true promise, but it was meaningless if he didn't felt anything special for the others… he just saw the other students as just random people, not exactly classmates, just random people that he will probably never met. He even started to wonder if this promise to keep everyone safe was something to do for the others, or just for his sake.

That story that Igor told him about the habitants of a town that suddenly disappeared was still drilling in his brain, a story that he will remember. That story was intimidating for him, it made him feel unsure. ''How can a teenager like me prevent this, if they can even disappear an entire town?'' that was what he thought constantly.

''…Bullshit…'' Denying it was maybe the best way of not giving up.


Classes started and Yosuke didn't find anything unusual in any student that he encountered. There were people that were having a weird conversation, but it didn't fit any of the criteria that Igor and Susano-o said. Supposedly, the person that must walk through the Door of Yomi must be speaking of a strange dream or feeling sick, but he didn't found anything of the matter.

''Mr. Hanamura…''

''There must be someone that is having a strange dream every night…'' That was true, if someone was next, then there is supposed to be at least one person that is having a bad experience with that school.

''Mr. Hanamura.''

''I know that a quick walk is not enough to see all the students… maybe when lunchtime comes I'll be able to see more students…'' Lunchtime is a great time to check the whole school, five minutes you have for sure. The only disadvantage is that he would need to go alone, Chie and Yukiko wouldn't help that much since they will surely eat their lunch in one place and he would not be able to move through the school.

''Mr. Hanamura, would you please listen!'' Ms. Sofue yelled at him while pointing him with that rod she's always carrying.

''What…'' He didn't care much if the teacher was angry; he was more concentrated on what he has to do.

''Did you listened what I just explained?''

''… Not really…''

''I don't think you should treat your teacher like that…''

''I'm not treating her like anything… I'm just answering.''

''You begin in this school and you are already spacing out… You were just looking at the front doing nothing, it was very obvious that you were spacing out, Mr. Hanamura.''

''Well… I wasn't paying attention because I was looking at that rod…''

''Huh…? This… rod…?''

''Yeah, I swear I saw it somewhere before, but I can't remember where. I have to say, it's very beautiful. I remember that it has a name… but… agh, no clue… to bad, it would be nice to remember it…'' He said with a small grin.

''Oh, then I'll explain it to you. This rod was used by families of a high class in Egypt, and its name was…!'' Ms. Sofue got excited by the explanation that she kept talking and talking that in the end, she forgot about Yosuke and kept explaining the origins of that rod.

''… I can't believe she bought it…''

''Won't she notice later that you tricked her?''

''Nah… she's way to excited about that thing that she completely forgot about me. Anyway, let's think a little more about our main subject.''

''Understood.''

Chie was trying not laugh at her teacher, she couldn't believe that Ms. Sofue would fall for a cheap trick like that. When she calmed down a bit, she whispered to Yosuke.

''Oh man, that was a good one Yosuke… hmm?'' When she looked at him, he didn't heard what she said; he was just looking in front of him obliviously, his face without an expression and moving his mouth slightly like meditating on something. She thought it was kind of strange, but not too much considering how reserved he was… but in that muttering, she was able to hear something from him.

''Who's next…?''


Classes ended and Yosuke still didn't found anything, not even at lunchtime. Every student was acting normally, their conversations wasn't anything about the Door of Yomi or anything of the matter. He was walking down the hall to the entrance of the school; he tried to sneak out of the classroom successfully so Chie wouldn't annoy him. While he walked to the entrance, he saw someone that looked familiar to him.

''…Matsunaga…?'' It was the girl he met this morning in the practice building.

''Huh… Oh, hello Yosuke-san.'' She smiled at him when she saw him.

''You look happy… did something happen?''

''I think I am happy, Yosuke-san. A teacher took me to the principal… after I convinced him that I was fourteen years old… a-and after I talked with him, he said that he could reserve a spot for me next year.'' Her cheeks got redder when she mentioned that she could be at Yasogami text year. She actually looked pretty happy.

''That's pretty good news, I'm happy for you.'' He smiled slightly at her.

''It was thanks to you, Yosuke-san.''

''Me…? I didn't do anything.''

''Oh, please don't say that. Thanks to those words you said to me, I had the courage to actually go the faculty office without worrying about if there are good people in this school.''

''Oh… that… well, it wasn't much really, it's just the way I feel… that's all.''

''Either way, thank you for those words.''

''… Yeah… you're welcome. Anyway, I have to go home, see you soon.''

''Um, wait!''

''What…''

''If you don't mind, can I walk home with you?'' Even if she gathered the courage before all that, she still was shy at asking him that sort of question to him. She was just a very shy person.

''I guess I don't have a choice… I don't really want to disappoint her…''

''So… can I…?'' She kind of looked sad, she was expecting a no from him, but he didn't want to make her sadder than she was before.

''…Sure… why not…'' She looked happy when he said yes… in a manner. He started to walk through the door, Ayane following him at his side.

''…Who's that…?'' Asked Chie, she seemed pretty confused.

''Maybe that's his sister.'' That was a simple explanation Yukiko could give, kind of cliché but it's true sometimes.

''No, when I met him the day before he got here, there wasn't anyone like that around him, and by his attitude, he seems like an only child.''

''Then maybe… a friend…?'' Ha!

''Yukiko…''

''Oh right… he's not the friendly type… Then I don't know.''

''*Sigh* Forget it… let's go home.'' Her tone of voice was kind of sad, even though of what Yosuke whispered wasn't that important to her, she couldn't stop thinking about it. She was just thinking about the girl Yosuke was talking to, it made her felt strange.


Both of them were walking by the riverside, with the sun setting at the other side of the mountain. Ayane was speaking of some things while Yosuke just heard what she got to say, which it wasn't much. They finally reached a cross street so they had to part ways.

''My house is over there, so I have to say bye now…'' He just wanted to go to bed and visit that place just in case someone appeared there in front of the door.

''Okay. Thanks again for everything Yosuke-san.''

''It's nothing, really. Have a good day Matsunaga…''

''You too Yosuke-san… *Sigh* I just hope I don't have that dream again…'' What? Did he hear that right? A dream, a strange dream, it couldn't be… he has to make sure.

''…What kind of dream…?''

''Huh…? Uh… well, I don't know how to explain… it's just a dream where I'm at Yasogami.''

''Yasogami…?'' He's wishing with all of his strength to be wrong.

''Yeah… I'm in front of a big blue door, though, I didn't find it when I visited there today…'' She looked tired. Yosuke wondered if it was because of remembering that place; he felt tired too every time he remembered that place.

''A-and what happens next?'' He was starting to feel sick all of the sudden; this conversation was going really bad.

''I hear a voice telling me to enter the door… and if I do, I'll meet my destiny…'' She was saying everything to him like in a confessional; she didn't notice all the nonsense she was saying.

''No, dammit… why her! ? She's not from Yasogami!''

''Are you sure…?''

''What do you mean?''

''She was wishing to go to Yasogami next year, and they accepted her, that makes her technically a Yasogami student.''

''What! That applies too! That's bullshit!'' That would make things harder. There are a lot of students that are going to apply to Yasogami next year, he can't guess who's going to be next… but he can't give up on that, he knows it. He promised to keep every person safe.

''Oh my… what am I talking about…? I'm sorry for that Yosuke-san, um, I guess I'll see you soon.'' She left with a forced smile on her face. She felt uneasy about that dream, it scared her just thinking about it, and it exhausted her.

''Yeah… see you soon…'' His fists were trembling with anger. He just met someone, why does she need to go through that door? She's a good person, she doesn't need to die. All he could do is cursing that corrupted child; he must do something fast about it, he doesn't want anything to happen to Ayane. He ran to his house thinking about sleeping, that was his ticket to that strange place that looked like his school.


Meanwhile

''I can't believe you forgot about me!'' Kou yelled at Daisuke.

''I'm sorry, I really do sorry! I had things to do that day, very important things, I couldn't help it!'' He started to beg for his forgiveness.

''Like what…?''

''… Playing soccer with the rest of the team…''

''What! ? You ignored me over a stupid soccer game! ? That does it, we're through!''

''What…?''

''We're through; I don't want to see you anymore! It's very clear that soccer is more important than me… goodbye.'' He ran as fast as he can, disappointed at his friend.

''Wait! Kou! That game meant nothing to me! No!'' He fell on his knees, blaming himself over and over again.

On the other side of the road, Chie and Yukiko were watching them with confusion. Chie most of all, was looking at them like ridiculous people, while Yukiko was looking at them like if it was a sad movie.

''…What's with those two…?'' Chie asked really confused.

''It looks like they got into a fight… I thought they were best friends…''

''Ugh… the world is getting weirder and weirder every second it passes… *Sigh* let's just go Yukiko, they'll get over it.''

''Um… Okay…'' He looked back at Daisuke who was still on his knees until he got up with a surprised look on his face.

''Dammit, I forgot about the grocery shopping again!'' I wonder if he forgot about everything that happened… Ah well.


That last bit wasn't Yaoi, it's like an old married couple discussing about something, they often do that on comedy, so yeah... thought it'll be funny... but now that I see it... I'm not laughing -_-.

Anyway, that manga I was talking about. As I said, the manga is about Yosuke arriving Inaba sixth months prior to Yu's arrival, which makes Yosuke the protagonist of course. The manga is called ''Persona 4: The Magician'', there was a character in the cover that wasn't in the actual game, so yeah, I hope someone can scanlate it :P.

About the fanfic... it's pretty hard to think about a story like this... it's pretty complex for me to think it through, so sorry for the long delays. I promise I'll try to bring the chapters faster.

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