A really poorly adapted version of Persona 4 fanfiction, I have not played Persona 4, I've only watched the anime, so be prepared for some really dumb stuff happening. Blame me for not having a PSVita or a PS2 with Persona 4 or Golden.

4/04/2011

Inaba

A grey sedan drove through the small town of Inaba,

"Well, Billie, looks like we're here, welcome to Inaba, my hometown I guess, you'll be staying with my co-worker of mine since I live in a pretty small apartment," A man with semi unkempt blackish hair said.

"Thanks a lot for this ride Adachi-kun, so what's this town like?" A young African boy with knotty headed dreads and wore rectangular shaped glasses questioned, looking out of the window of the sedan to see the city.

What a boring looking ass town, I was hoping for something more cool or endearing, but this town looks so bland and shit. Billie thought.

"I mean I just moved to this town about a month ago, so there's still more to be discovered for me, but it's pretty calm and nice, being a cop here is a bit boring to be honest with you kid. I barely know anything about you or your mom, you sure you can live in this city for a year?" Adachi tapped the steering wheel of the car, with a slight smile on his face

"Without a doubt yes. You are right though, this could be a nice way to know each other in a way, y'know? My mom never talked that much about her relatives, gotta keep the family bond strong," Billie nodded.

"Yeah, I'll visit often, I usually eat with my coworker when we have those occasional diners at his place," Adachi smiled at Billie. The car took a stop in front a pretty average looking Japanese house, it could certainly fit around 4 to 5 people in there.

"Well, here we are, your new home I guess, apparently my coworker is also having his nephew come here in like a week or so," Adachi continued. "I'll help you with your bags,"

At the front of the house, a man looking about to be in his late 30s to his early 40s with grayish black short spiked hair with stubby facial hair. He possessed a 12 o'clock shadow. Behind him was a small little girl who was holding his arm, she certainly looked like she attended a preschool of some sort, she had brown pigtails with a white turtleneck and a pink dress over the turtleneck.

"Looks like you finally arrived back Adachi, how was it?", The man said.

"The trip took way longer than I expected Ryotaro kun, couldn't they just have a airport closer by here? I'm starting to get a bit tired," Adachi moaned as he scratched the back of his head.

"Just shut up and get some coffee in the house," Ryotaro slapped Adachi on the back of his head as he walked into the house. "Sorry for the informal introduction, I'm Ryotaro Dojima, a detective for the town of Inaba, and this young girl is my daughter, Nanako chan," Ryotaro held his hand towards Billie for a handshake, Billie shook both of their hands.

"Pleased to meet the both of you guys, you have a pretty nice house,"

"Thanks, and your Japanese isn't that bad, where are you from?"

"Charlotte, North Carolina, I live more outside of the city center," Billie said, looking a bit bored.

"Hi, I'm Billie and you must be Nanako chan,"

"H-hi there sir, pleased to meet you too," The girl said, she was obviously scared of Billie.

A song played inside of Billie's pocket, it was a Chop Suey remix song from System of a Down, as the lyrics cried, "WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP," from his phone.

"Looks like my mom called, gimme a sec please," Billie went inside of the house and answered his phone, A silver iPhone 4.

"Hey mom, I finally made it to Inaba... How's Adachi?... Adachi is doing great, he's a really fun and nice guy…You want to talk him?...Yeah, sure I'll tell him," Billie walked towards Adachi, who was sipping coffee, with a bit of a downed expression.

"Hey, my mom wants to talk to you Adachi-kun,"

"Oh shit, she wants to talk to me? Sure…"

"I'm just going to unpack my stuff, give me the phone when you're done,"

Billie handed his phone to Adachi as he unpacked many of his things from the sedan.

"Your room is the one on the right, across my nephew's, who's moving in next week," Ryotaro looked at the guitar case that Billie took out of the car, "You big into music?"

"Yeah I play the guitar and the trumpet, I was part of the jazz ensemble back in my high school," Billie said. Billie thought and looked back on the days when he first played the trumpet, hoping that the high school in Inaba would have a really good jazz program. As Billie finished unpacking most of his vinyl collection, he heard his name from downstairs, from Ryotaro.

"Hey Billie! Your mom had a talk with me, and she wants you to for today to explore this town just to get some exercise,"

"Already was planning to do that,"

"Oh, well, here's your phone back, your mom said that you're pretty smart, you get good grades?" Ryotaro tossed Billie's phone towards him

"Above average I guess, I'm not exactly your role model honor role student," Billie took his skateboard and went out of the door.

"Leaving so soon already?"

"Something wrong with that? That's what my mom told you right?"

"Ah, whatever, just go explore,"

"Okay Ryotaro-san I gotta go back to the station," Adachi said in the background.

"I'll meet up with you in 30 minutes," Ryotaro said

"But what about your daughter?" Billie exclaimed

"I can take care of myself, there's no need to worry about me," Nanako said out of nowhere.

"You sure that your daughter can take care of herself?" Billie asked.

"She knows what to do around the house, she's done it many times, Just go and have fun, don't bother with the details,"

"See ya later!" Billie left the premises with his skateboard.

Billie wandered around the town with his skateboard, listening to his music. He noticed a big department store in the middle of all of the convenience stores and houses. He looked at the sign of the store.

Junes huh? Guess I'll check this store out, none of these stores really interest me that much.

Billie decided to check out the electronics in Junes, what he did find in there was that no one was even in the electronics aisle. All there was around him were flatscreen TVs, DVD players, and laptops. As Billie finished looking around in the electronics aisle, a guy who Billie assumed to be an employee, approached him.

"Hey, does everything seem to be doing alright sir?" The guy's voice said, Billie recognized that the guy was around his age, he had messy unkept brown hair with brown eyes. Wearing a work apron from Junes with plastic headphones.

"Just taking tour around the town, looking at stuff, I just moved here today, I'm staying in this town for about a year or so,"

"Ah nice, I also moved here about 6 months ago, my dad is the manager of this Junes. I'm assuming that you're not from Japan are you?" the boy asked

"No shit sherlock, I'm from Charlotte, North Carolina, I'm an American,"

"I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Yosuke Hanamura, just a local high school student, nothing much to it," Yosuke reached his hand out for a handshake

"I'm Billie Thompson, a musician I guess," Billie returned the handshake

"So, I'm assuming that you'll be attending Yasogami High?"

"Is it the only high school around here?"

"Yep, the greatest and best in Yasoinaba, you want me to show you around this town? My shift is about to be over about now,"

"I don't see any problem with you doing that, sure," Billie and Yosuke proceeded to leave the Junes department store, they stood there like two old people.

"...I'd say we first take a visit to the Amagi Inn, it's one of the biggest tourist attractions here in Inaba, it's also home to one of the most popular girls at Yasogami High, Yukiko Amagi,"

"Is she cute?"

"Hell yeah she is, I got a picture of her on my phone, don't worry, I'm friends with her,"

Billie rolled his eyes, he knew that the guy was perverted the moment he met, then again he wasn't that much better than him either as he saw the image of her, she was pretty attractive. Billie noticed how innocent the girl looked in the image, but there was this strange sense of dread emitting from her.

"I was about to comment how perverted you were, but she's pretty cute, you ever dated her?"

Yosuke blushed for a seconded and then pleaded, "No, no, I have not! She's never dated anybody ever in her life, she always denies everyone she meets who ask her out, it's so infamous at our high school that it became the 'Amagi Challenge',"

"Sounds like a shitshow to me, has anyone succeeded?"

"No one at all, maybe you could be the one who'll succeed,"

Billie shrugged, "Not interested at all yet, already have two girls who annoy the shit outta me,"

"Sisters? Ex girlfriends?" Yosuke winked.

"Hell no, they are really good friends of mine, known both of them since elementary school. They're both too eccentric for my liking,"

"Anyways, want to check out the Central Shopping district before we go to the Amagi Inn? It's a bit dull but there's some good food around there, a lot less greasy than Junes,"

"Yeah sure, was starting to get hungry from this talking, the fast food here really took a toll on my nose,".

"What's wrong with it?"

"I just don't like fast food, maybe it's cause I'm a vegetarian,"

"You know, I always thought that black people from America were more masculine and tough, but for you, you seem like a chill guy, not to be racist or anything,"

"Not offended at all, they do still exist, a lot of those kinds of guys were at my old school,"

Yosuke brought out a yellow bicycle, he proclaimed, "Just follow me to the Central Shopping district, I know a good Chinese restaurant down there,"

"Okay cool, let's get moving then,"

The two of them rode east towards the Central Shopping district.

"So, what kind of music do you listen to?" Yosuke asked as he rode his bike down a slope.

"Mostly rock and rap music, some EDM etc,"

"Ah nice, that's pretty cool, is that shirt you're wearing from a band?"

"No, it's a Wu-Tang clan shirt, a hip hop group from New York,"

"Ah I see, I only mess with EDM and Japanese hip hop,"

"That's cool, watch your right by the way,"

"Oh shit-" Yosuke said as he quickly dodged a mailbox ahead of him.

A few moments later, they've arrived at the Central Shopping district.

In Billie's eyes, the shopping district looked really shallow, there were barely any people in these businesses, it almost felt like a ghost town, the grey skies didn't help at all, some logos on some shops were discolored.

"What's with this place? It feels so dead here, is anyone even here alive?" Billie complained.

"Blame it on the popularity of Junes, ever since it opened its doors six months ago, they took many of the businesses here into closure. Obviously many of the business owners here really hate Junes, kinda makes me feel bad that my dad is even working there in the first place," Yosuke sighed.

"I'm pretty sure these people will grow onto Junes, maybe do collaborations with them, back where I'm from, it happens all the time, advance with the times, and go with the flow,"

"You Americans are strange, you know that?"

Billie rolled his eyes, "Like if you're any more strange,"

"Let's just eat, the restaurant is a couple blocks down,"

As the two boys walked down the block, Yosuke exclaimed,

"Speak of the devil, there's Chie and Yukiko, let me wave 'em down,"

"Chie? Is she another friend of yours?" Billie asked

Yosuke nodded, "Yep, she's another pretty cool girl who's also in our age group. Hey Chie-san! Yukiko-san!"

"Oh look, it's Yosuke-san, and some other dude, who is that guy?"

"Don't have a clue Chie, never seen that guy in Inaba before, you think he's some kind of transfer student?"

Yosuke and Billie approached the two girls who were standing near to be what seemed to be a Chinese restaurant in Billie's eyes, the aroma from it was very pleasing, despite how much meat was processed as Billie assumed.

"Guys, I just met our first foreign exchange student, I bumped into him while I was working at Junes, go introduce yourself," Yosuke said as he introduced Billie to the two girls.

"Hi, I'm Billie Thompson, just going to be attending this town's high school for a year," Billie said as he crossed his arms to shake both of the girls hands.

"I'm Chie Satonaka, and this is my friend, Yukiko Amagi," Chie said.

Chie Satonaka was girl about Billie's age, with light brown bowl shaped hair with brown eyes, sporting a light green, high collared jacket covered with decorative pins, which included a smiley face on it.

Yukiko Amagi was also of Billie's age, she had dark black hair that fell all the way down to her waist, wearing her school uniform with a red sweater and a black pantyhose.

"What brings you two here?" Chie asked.

"Just showing this guy around Inaba, he's a musician," Yosuke responded.

"Oh really! You should join our school's music club!" Chie said enthusiastically.

"We were about to eat at the Aiya Restaurant, by the way,"

"Ooh! We were about to do the same, their beef bowls are the best, right Yukiko?" Chie exclaimed.

"I mean… As much as I would say it's the best, I don't want to gain any more weight, I'll just have something more healthy this time," Yukiko sighed.

"I'm hoping for a vegan option in this restaurant, so who's paying? Actually I could just pay on my own," Billie said.

"Did we even consent that we would be eating together?" Yosuke asked.

"Well, now we are, and I think you Yosuke should pay for our meal," Chie interrupted as she pointed her index finger at Yosuke.

"Why am I the one who always have to pay for meals? There goes my money for a scooter I guess," Yosuke complained.

"Quit whining, we're hungry, let's go in!" Chie rushed into the Aiya Restaurant along with the others, with Yosuke mopping behind in dread.
To Billie's surprise, there was a vegan option on the menu of Aika's.

I hope this vegan noodle bowl is good

Chie ended up ordering two orders of the beef bowl.

"You know Chie, having too much meat in your diet is proven to be very harmful to your health,"

"Shut up Yosuke, I can just burn it off with my kung fu training, people like me need a lot of protein to hustle in life,", Chie hissed back at Yosuke

"You like to watch kung fu movies?" Billie asked.

"Hell yeah I do, I adore legends like Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, and Jet Li," Chie cheerfully responded.

"Have you watched Old Boy?"

"I love Old Boy, that was a really good movie, but I appreciate the more classic kung fu movies like Enter The Dragon and Fists of Fury, you big into kung fu movies?"

"Not exactly, the market is a little bit oversaturated with kung fu movies, that's the kind of stuff my stepmom is into,"

"That's nice, so what brings you here into this town?"

"Uh… At my old highschool they offered up a foreign exchange student program to have a student who can both speak both English and Japanese, and had at least a 3.5 GPA, the program was meant for our Japanese language program, the school saw that I was the most fit, despite the fact that I've never attended a Japanese language class, to live in Japan for a year. It was all thanks to my stepmom that I even know Japanese. That aside, my stepmom's cousin lives here in Inaba, he works in the police force, which is why I'm residing here for a year," Billie explained.

"That was a very interesting story, thanks for sharing Billie-kun," Yukiko said.

"I heard that you're the daughter of the manager at the Amagi Inn?", Billie asked.

"Uh, yeah, what about it?" Yukiko nervously asked

"Wondering if there was any open job positions there, want to make some good first impressions for the town, but of course not right now, maybe like in a week or two," Billie said

"What kind of position are you looking for?" she questioned

"Janitorial duties, washing dishes and all," he replied.

"I'll see what I can do, I think we might need some more workers at the inn," Yukiko smiled.

"Thanks a lot, looks like our food is done,"

As they were served their bowls, the smell of the vegetable bowl was probably the best part of Billie's day, and then came the taste of it, it was really amazing. And for the rest of the meal, the four of them made a bunch of small talk about themselves. Billie decided to leave with Yosuke after he paid for a tremendous bill.

"Sheesh, talk about hefty spending, so much precious money just for some meat bowls," Yosuke sighed.

"You mentioned about getting a motorbike right?" Billie asked.

Yosuke looked at his yellow bicycle that he was riding, "This piece of crap just can't do the job, a motorcycle on the other hand, is way faster and it can grab me a hot chick. Riding in the wind in high speeds, girlfriend holding you tight, her breasts touch your back…"

"Okay stop, you're weirding me out, you're giving me strange vibes," Billie responded.

"Bro, you gotta be real, you know you would want a girl holding onto you too, right?" Yosuke winked.

"I guess so, but I'm not that perverted, I have my morals,"

"Then why did you ask Yukiko if you could work at the Amagi Inn? I'm certain that you're doing that so you can get closer to Yukiko, am I right?"

"As I said, I want good impressions from others in this town, if they saw me as a lazy ass, then I wouldn't be doing a good job representing my country right?"

"Sounds like utter bullshit, but whatever, you do you. Ooh stop here for a sec, this is the perfect place to view most of this town," Yosuke braked his bike to look at what to seemed to be a horizon of the whole town.

"This view is quite fantastic isn't it? You can see everything from miles and miles," Yosuke rested his arms on the guard rail as he stared towards the horizon.

"It's giving me deja vu for some reason, I feel like I've visited these places before. Might because my family has visited Japan almost every summer for the past 10 years, maybe they've visited Inaba before," Billie stared towards the descending sun.

"Highly doubt it, there's many places like this that look like Inaba, happens all the time bro, I'm glad I've met a city slicker like you," Yosuke smiled and turned towards Billie.

"It's going to be one hell of a boring year for me ain't it?" Billie dropped his body to kneel towards the guard rail, face on top, arms crossed.

"In any case, at least you got me as a friend, I think it would be a good idea if we exchanged numbers, since I'm always going to be available to hang out when I'm not working," Yosuke chuckled.

"Sure thing dude," Billie and Yosuke exchanged their phone numbers and they headed straight to their respective homes. As Billie returned to the Dojima residence, he noticed that Nanako was the only one at home.

"Is your dad still not home yet Nanako-chan?" Billie asked Nanako.

"No, but he did leave you a welcome dinner on the table," Nanako said without any concern. On the table Billie saw a bowl of what he assumed to be curry, attached to the curry was a note, the note read:

Hey Billie,

Hope you're enjoying Inaba to its fullest, sorry in advance for not being here for your welcome dinner, I made sure that this curry was a vegan one as your stepmom requested. Just stay at home for the rest of the night, I don't want you to mess around outdoors, it's pretty dangerous out there, especially for newcomers.

-Dojima-san.

Billy looked inside of the curry bowl, it was certainly 100% vegan. Billie proceeded to devour the whole bowl within 20 minutes.

Billie looked around the whole house, it looked like all the chores seemed to be complete, dishwasher was empty. And Nanako was just watching TV. Billie asked, "Looks like there's nothing do, what are you doing Nanako-chan?"

"Oh, just watching some TV, just watching a game show," Nanako said, a bit bored also.

"I'm just going to finish unpacking my things, and then it's off to bed for me," Billie said.

"Okay, good night!" Nanako said happily.

A text message appeared on Billie's phone, it was from his dad. The text read like this:

Dad: Hey Bill, sorry for not calling you when you arrived in Inaba, I was doing extra hours at the office

Bill: That's not a problem at all dad, all i'm hoping for is a good jazz program at this new school i'm going to

Dad: have you heard anything good about the school?

Bill: Not at all pops, I did meet a new friend at a department store, dude's name is yosuke hanamura

Dad: your first day and you already made a friend, that's very cool. How's the cousin rolling?

Bill: Adachi is really nice, a bit on the weird side, but he's pretty young, weird how my stepmom is related to him.

Dad: I heard you weren't staying with him, instead you're staying with his coworker?

Bill: apparently, adachi says that his living conditions aren't that suitable for me and he would rather let me be under the watch of Ryotaro Dojima, he's a cool guy, has a daughter too.

Dad: Well it looks like I gotta go head off to work, get good sleep, good grades, and don't get into anything bad in Yasoinaba, or whatever the heck the town is called

Bill: See ya

After that conversation, Billie finished unpacking his stuff, and immediately crashed into his bed. Billie thought to himself:

What a good first day being here was, I'm just hoping that something exciting will happen or something. Why do I feel like I've been here before? Fuck, I'm way too tired to think about that

That was Chapter 1 done and finished, for the rest of the story, I will be focusing the story more on the characters perspectives rather than make this whole story in a boring 3rd person POV. Feedback will be much appreciated, I have no idea how this story will even roll out. Regardless, I will do my best to respond to any feedback you guys might have.