Hello Everyone, This is my first fanfic posted on the site, though I've been reading things on the site for years now. This is an idea that has been floating around in my brain for the better part of a year now, so I hope you enjoy this. It will be slow going at the start, as I have a good bit of world building to do for the story. I will do my best to update this story as soon as possible, barring no drastic changes in my work schedule. All that said, I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Persona or any of the characters in any way.

Persona 4: The Justice Wild Card

April 2nd, Saturday

The Train car was quiet and rather empty, though this knowledge was hardly surprising to anyone who had ever taken this train, as his destination was a smaller town, a town called Inaba. While a quiet train ride is all well and good, the fact that it was raining most of the way there did not help him to stay awake during the long ride. His hair had become ruffled due to falling asleep on the window earlier, his usually tame and swept brown hair now a mess that needed to be sorted out once he reached his new home. His orange jacket lay discarded in the seat next to him, as it was rather warm on the train for his own tastes. In a vain attempt to keep himself awake he began flipping through old pictures on his phone, when he stumbled across one that brought back memories from many years ago. It was of him and his friends from all those years ago, the remaining members of the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad, or S.E.E.S for short. It was taken shortly after he graduated from Gekkoukan High School, the last one of the squad to do so, though not because of grades or anything mind you but because he, Ken Amada, was so much younger than any of the other members.

Standing centered in the front of the picture was he himself, though his hair was longer then than it was now, and he was still wearing the ever so "popular" Gekkoukan High uniform. Time had been kind to Ken, he grew to be a little above average height, about 5'10" and while he maintained his thinner figure, he had put on a little muscle due to his involvement in the boxing club during his time in school, something he could thank Akihiko for. His hair had grown a bit longer over the years, just reaching the middle of the back of his neck and now being swept to the right. On his right was a man wearing an aqua baseball uniform with a black tank top, his brown hair tucked mostly under his backwards worn baseball cap, giving a large grin and a peace sign to the camera as the picture was taken. Junpei Iori, the clown and joker of the group, shortly after the picture was taken Junpei made it to the major leagues and was drafted by a team in America and had been playing in the major leagues over there for about 5 years now, though he was still the same loud mouth that he had always been, something Ken was sure the person standing next to Junpei in the photo both loved and hated occasionally. Standing next to Junpei with a look of mild annoyance on her face was Yukari Takeba. Her hairstyle was much the same as it had been since Ken had been introduced to the other S.E.E.S members nearly 14 years ago, and she wore a long slightly pink and black dress that reached just abover her shins. Yukari had always been kind to him during his time with the others, while also having a habit of getting into spats with Junpei every now and again. After her time at Gekkoukan High Yukari had gone into acting and had some success as Pink Argus, from Featherman R, a fact which Ken would never forget when she brought him an autograph from the actor of the man himself. After Minato's death both Yukari and Junpei were left with a void by their fallen friend, and after talking to and comforting one another they had grown close and began dating, and now they had been married for going on six years. When Junpei left for America to continue playing Baseball, Yukari had gone with him, finding acting gigs every now and again in American movies. Of course they still had their famous spats, though they were much more playful and joking than they were in the past. The two of them tried to visit when they had the time, though they were not able to make it to see Ken off when he left Iwatodai.

To his left in the picture with a hand on his shoulder was a smiling man with silver hair and a red vest and black jacket, Akihiko Sanada, the man whom Ken learned the most from during his time in S.E.E.S Akihiko had become a famous boxer in Japan for a time, however when Ken was in his 2nd Year at Gekkoukan High Akihiko chose to leave the boxing ring at the behest of Mitsuru Kirijo, the fiery haired woman who stood next to Akihiko in the picture wearing a dark red blouse and a black pencil skirt with black leggings, her hand clasped with Akihiko's other. Mitsuru had taken over as head of the Kirijo Group after she graduated university, hoping to make the organization a cause for further good in the world, being sure to make sure nothing like the dark hour occurred ever again. Once she took over she offered Akihiko the chance to be head of her security detail, due mainly in part to her confidence in his ability, albeit she had other more personal motives. He accepted and the two became nigh inseparable due to the circumstances, which led them to finally admitting their feelings for the other that they failed to act on during high school, much to the disapproval of others within the group and all of Akihiko's fan girls, but as head Mitsuru could do what she wanted with her life. The last person pictured in the group past Akihiko and Mitsuru was Fuuka Yamagishi, smiling in a blue dress that reached just abover her knees, her hair in a long braid now. She, out of all the other S.E.E.S members, took Minato's death the hardest, as the two had acknowledged their feelings for the other only some time before the fight with Nyx. With time and comfort from her fellow S.E.E.S members she was able to move on in some regard, though every year she goes back to Minato's grave to honor his memory. Fuuka, after university, began working for a large tech firm in Tokyo doing Data Analysis work, something she found easily done due to her time as the analyzation specialist for the group. The two missing members from the photo, Koromaru and Aigis had been gone for several years prior to his graduation from high school. Koromaru eventually succumbed to old age, everyone in the group was sad when Ken informed them of his passing when Ken was 17. Ken had buried him near the former S.E.E.S dorm and built him a little shrine of his own to remember him by. Aigis had left before Ken entered high school to assist Elizabeth in her search to free Minato, the team had not heard from her since she left with Elizabeth.

Ken smiled at the memories of his best friends, turning the phone off and placing it in his pocket once more. Akihiko, Mitsuru and Fuuka had all been there to see him off as he left Iwatodai, bound for Inaba to start his job as a new teacher at Yasogami High school as the new World History teacher, as the previous one was retiring upon his arrival. Ken had gone to university to become a teacher, a way of atoning for the mistakes of his past, particularly the one on October 4th 2009, the death of Shinjiro Aragaki, by imparting his knowledge to his students through the study of World History. This would be his first real job teaching, as before he had only done so in the capacity of a student teacher while at university, sufficeth to say he was more than a little nervous. He had all his things shipped to his new apartment a week before he planned on leaving, besides the essential supplies that he needed for the week until he was to board the train. All that was left to do was for the train ride to be over, suddenly a dinging sound caught his attention and he heard the conductor say over the intercom,

"We are now arriving at the Yasogami Inaba station, please gather your belongings and depart the train, mind the gap."

Ken stood from his seat and gathered his suitcase from the luggage car of the train and stepped off onto the cement platform of the Inaba station, the sun setting off in the distance. He took a deep breath in and exhaled slowly.

"Alright, time to see what this new town and this new life away from Iwatodai is going to be like." He said aloud to no one in particular, as he walked towards the station exit and into the town towards the direction that his apartment was supposed to be in.

That's all for now everyone, hope you enjoyed what I have so far. I should be updating by next week at the latest week, so feel free to leave a review and any advice you have for my writing style. I appreciate constructive criticism. ShadowyBlade out.