Short notice: What should I say in here today...? Ok, got one here... This 'novel' was written by a Chie's fan, for Chie's fans and because of Chie's fans, but that doesn't mean other people can't read this stuff. Everybody is welcome here :P For today episode, we finally make friend with Yosuke, and go to Junes with Chie and him, hear about the mystery, but had yet awaken Persona. ^_^ Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Atlus own Persona series. I own my PSP and the underwear closet.

Story reading guide: Here is how you read my story. In case of someone get confused.

"I don't know about this." Italic + quotation = Someone is mumbling. Sometimes can be heard by other person.

I don't know about this. *Name* Italic only = Someone's thought. The name is right after the thought (well, sometimes, though…)

"I don't know about this." Normal = talking, speaking, etc. (easy, right?)

I'll put the in-game date in bold.

Chapter 3: Go!

04/13/2011

Yawn... wish I didn't stay up too late watching that movie... Souji scrubbed his eyelids as he made his way to his 'new' school. Another day with that damn Morooka, shit, that guy must be hit by something when he was born... He cracked his neck and his back, trying to wake himself up. As he was passing by the street that was filled by the police yesterday, he heard the sound of a bike is moving fast from behind him.

"Whoaaa, AH!" It was the same student that got hit by the pole from yesterday, but this time, he hit a trash can and felt inside it. "...can someone...help..." He prayed as he was rolling around, trying to find a way out on his own.

Souji sweat-dropped. Can this guy get any dumber? He approached the rolling student and took the trashcan off from him.

"Whew, thanks man. You save me, um..." The fluffy-hair student stood up and dusted off his pants.

"Oh, Souji. Souji Seta." He smiled.

"Oh yeah, you're the transfer student. I'm Yosuke Hanamura, nice to meet ya!" He stretched out his hand, offering a handshake.

"Nice to meet you, too." Souji gave him a good handshake.

"Anyway, thanks for back there. It'd be really embarrassed if someone caught me in a trashcan." He laughed.

"Hey, did you see that guy? His head was inside the trashcan." A girl went by with her friend.

"Yeeah, too late..." Yosuke hanged his head in shame. He lifted his face back up to look at Souji. "Say, did you hear about the incident from yesterday? They found that announcer hanging from the antenna. THAT antenna!" He pointed.

"I heard about that."

"Hey, you think this is some kind of warning? There's no way that could've been an accident! I mean, from the antenna?"

"I think so, too. I guess someone killed her." He shrugged, as if that even he himself doesn't trust what he said.

"Yeah, I know, man! But dangling a body over a roof like that... THAT just messed up!" Yosuke talked loudly, nearly yells. "Then again, killing someone is already messed up..." He seemed like the talkative type. As he was talking, he looked down at his watch and back at Souji. "Shit, we're late! Y-you wanna ride? It's a little squeaky but it should be fine."

"Haha... I don't know about that..." He looked at the bike then to Yosuke. "...I guess it's better for me to walk."

"No time! Hop on or we'll be late!" Yosuke jumped on his bike and Souji could hear a disturbing noise coming out from it.

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Illogically, Souji got on anyway. As Yosuke rode him to the school, Souji kept on mentally praying for his life, not wanting the bike to get broke down while they're in high-speed. I really don't want to end my life stupidly...

"BE QUIET, YOU IDIOTS!" The screaming of 'King Moron' snapped Souji out of his nap. "AND STRAGHTEN UP THOSE BACKS! My job here is to waste my precious time on teaching you assholes philosophy! So I want to see you morons pay attention to class since I'm so nice, so you should be honored!" He went on and on...

"Will you shut up? I need to sleep here." Souji cursed softly. He tiredly reached his hand into his bag and pulled out a notebook which he placed in front of his face to cover his 'sinful' crime-sleeping... Time quickly passed by as he drifting off to the land of dream...

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"Psst... Souji-kun! Wake up!" A familiar girl voice called for him. She nudged him gently on his arm to wake him up. "The teacher is calling for you...!" He quickly opened his eyes and scrubbed them wildly as he stood up.

"Hm, the new student is slacking off by sleeping during class... How about you tell me the answer of this question and maybe I'll let you off the hook." The math teacher talked to Souji with her arms folded.

He put on an embarrassing smile and then took a quick glance to see the problem was on the black board. "4." He said. The problem wasn't that hard either, well, at least for Souji.

The teacher looked at him in surprised and then adjusted her glasses. "Good, you may sit down now, but don't sleep in class again." She turned around.

Souji sighed in relief and sit back down. He looked over his left and saw Chie, who was the one that woke him up. "Thanks."

"No worry, but you owe me one." Chie smiled. "By the way, good job. I don't even know the answer."

"Okay, quiet down, you guys." The teacher hit her ruler flat on the table, created a discomfort sound to stop the talking in the class. Souji sit back on his chair and put away the book that he placed it from the beginning of class. He shook his head and tried to listen to the lecture reluctantly...

"Hey, Yukiko! You wanna go hang out somewhere?" Chie asked.

"No, I can't, Chie. I have something to attend at the inn, I can't go today. Maybe some other times then." Yukiko smiled weakly.

"That's ok." She seemed disappointed.

"Well, I have to go right now. See you tomorrow!" Yukiko waved her hand goodbye.

"Yeah, see ya."

Yukiko exited the classroom as Chie picked up her backpack and turned to Souji's seat. She sat in the desk in front of him. "Yo, how's it going?"

"It's going well, I guess."

"So, you getting used to this place?"

"Not yet, actually. I just arrived to this town and barely go outside, I haven't get to see much around here."

"Then you wanna go somewhere? I mean, I can show you around here a bit." Chie asked.

"I don't have anything else to do, so... yeah." Souji smiled.

"Ok, let's me ask Yosuke if he can join us, too. You remember the guy that I beat up yesterday? He's Yosuke, and since he still owe me..." She stood up. "Hey, Yosuke, come here for a sec."

The fluffy-haired student tiredly approached Chie. His face was full of boredom when he heard Chie's voice. "What is it, Chie?" He rolled his eyes.

"Hey, what's with the attitude? Don't forget that you still owe me something." Chie narrowed he eyes. "My 'Trail of the Dragon."

"Yes, I remember, geez." He jerked his forehead. "So how may I pay you?" He folded his arms across his chest. "Steak?"

"Well, you know me!" She grinned.

"Sigh... should've guessed... Is Souji-san going with us?" Yosuke looked at Souji, who was sitting in the desk, carefully listened to their conversation. "I mean, IF you wanted to go..."

"Yyyup! He's going!" Chie spoke.

"Then, since he's going so we should invite Yukiko-san, too." He tilted his head a bit.

"Nah, can't. She had gone home. She said that she has to help her parents at the inn." said Chie.

Yosuke rubbed his forehead and turned to Souji. "Well, that makes only us three going..." His eyes went to Chie and back, sighing. "Let's go..."

Souji snickered, he found it funny how Yosuke had to treat him, a person that he just met this morning (he HAS to treat Souji though. He helped him out this morning) and Chie. He shook his head in amusement and slowly stood up. "Don't forget that you owe me, too." Souji startled, he turned his head by reaction to the whisper direction and found Chie, leaning toward him. "Guts to you, sleep in class on your second day." She stick her tongue out, smiling and then walked away with her backpack on her back...

*Junes' music* The trio ended up at a Junes store. Yosuke seated Souji and Chie in a round table and trailed off on his own to get some drinks. Chie keep on saying why Yosuke led them to this place instead of some famous grilled steak place to Souji. He just smiled. Surrounding them are many tables with few people. Looked around, Souji could also see a small fountain through the neatly-cleaned glass windows. He wondered how long this place had opened since it still looked very new. "All right! Here!" He turned back and saw Yosuke's placing a tray with three soft-drink cups on it on the table.

"What is this?" Chie yelled.

"Err... Soda?" Yosuke lifted an eyebrow up in questioned. "...I brought you guys some drinks...?"

"NO, I mean why did you bring us here?" She extended a hand with another on her hip. "They don't sell grilled-steak here!"

"Yeah, about that... Yukiko-san didn't come with us and since you're here, so... no. I'd rather save my wallet..." Yosuke sat down, folded his arms.

"That's your reason to take us to your place?" She said angrily.

"Dude, this isn't my place or anything." He turned to Souji, who was having a huge question mark above his head, not understands what Yosuke and Chie are saying. "Oh, right. I haven't told you yet, huh?" He pointed his thumb back at the Junes' sign. "My dad is the owner of the place. We came here six months back and he immediately signed up to manage this place." He shrugged. "So our entire family came here.

"Then, you brought us here to increase your business." Souji smiled.

"Haha, best comment of the day, Souji-kun." Chie laughed.

"D-dude!" Yosuke face-palmed and rubbed his forehead. Then, he grabbed one of the cups and held it in the air. "Anyhow, this is for welcome you into town." He turned to Chie. "Yours is on me, too, Satonaka."

"Yep, you should." Chie grabbed her cup.

"Cheer!" The trio simultaneously said and they all took a sip.

"So, how do you like it so far?" Chie swallowed her drink and asked Souji.

"The air around here is nice and I especially like the quiet atmosphere." Souji leaned back, relaxed on his chair. "I guess you could say that I like it here."

"Well, that's good for you. When I came here, it nearly drives me crazy because of it boredom, but I got over it long time ago." Yosuke grinned.

"No, the town is good, it's just quiet, is all. Trust me, I've lived here since I was born." Chie shook her head in disagreement and turned her head to look at Souji.

"I know. You told me like a thousand times before." Yosuke rolled his eyes.

Their conversation crashed into a stop. No one said anything else. Souji silently drank his soda. Yosuke ran his fingers through his hair and Chie was toying with the cup while looking around. "You know, this place only had just been opened up over a half a year, but I rarely been to the shopping district since then," She looked around more then back at Souji and Yosuke. "Now that I look at it, it seems like there are more stores started to closing down, huh?" She motioned her hands at a store.

"Hey, you can't blame it on Junes, can you?" Yosuke frowned. "I mean, it's not my fault that they ran out of business."

"No, I'm not. It just that seeing thing like this happened makes me wonder..." She stopped, as if tried not to sound more insulting.

Yosuke sighed. He grabbed the cup and took a sip while his eyes were dashing to the other direction. *Cough* He quickly put the cup down and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. Then, he turned his attention to another girl, who was sitting in the table, probably about ten feet away from them. "She's here..." He mumbled as he stood up and exhaled. Carefully, he walked toward the girl.

"Your girlfriend, Yosuke?" Souji teased him.

As soon as he heard the 'girlfriend' word, Yosuke stopped, turned back to face Souji with a huge red color on his face. "N-no! She just someone I know!" He protested then trailed off.

"That's Saki Konishi. She's a senior, or should I say our Senpai." Chie smirked. "He goes for that kind..."

"Hah, good luck..." He looked at Yosuke's back, and it seemed like he was having a hard time approaching the girl.

"Um... Saki-senpai!" Yosuke hesitantly spoke. "What's up? How do you holding up?"

"Hey, Hana-chan. Phew, I'm finally on my break." She leaned her head and looked at Chie and Souji's direction. "Are they your friends?"

"Yeah, they are. Oh, and you know the transferred student. He's the guy." He pointed his thumb at Souji.

"So they really ARE your friends." She smirked.

"Anyway, are you okay? You seriously look beat."

"Nah, I'm okay. Just a little tired." She turned away and muttered. "I shouldn't leave school early yesterday..."

"Are you sure you all right?" Yosuke asked again, impatiently.

"I told you. I'm fine." She began to lift herself up from he chair and moved to Souji. "Hello, you're the transferred student, right? My name is Saki Konishi, nice to meet you!"

"Yeah, I know." Souji responded with a gentle smile.

"Oh, Hana-chan told you about me already?" She smiled but Souji could tell that her smile was a fake one. "Funny how you got someone from a city to talk to, huh?"

Souji nodded.

"I don't usually see Hana-chan hanging out with other guys, so I hope you two get along." She snickered but covered it with her hand. "He somewhat like a loner, you know. Doesn't have many friends."

"H-hey! You don't need to say like that!" Yosuke blushed.

"He's a good person but could get annoying sometimes. When it happened, you should tell him straight in the face." She laughed.

"He IS a nice guy, but yeah, he's also nosy." Souji put on a half smile.

"Haha, I'm just kidding. Don't take it seriously."

"Senpai, you have me going there." Yosuke exclaimed.

Saki turned her head around and looked inside the store. She let out a soft sigh and looked at the trio, smiling, somewhat seemed tired. "Ten minutes over! I have to get back to work." She placed two hands behind her back and turned 180 decrees, tilted her head back a little. "Laters, everyone." She walked away and into the store.

Yosuke smiled happily as he sat down on his chair, looking at Saki as she walked away. "Heh, she told me that I'm annoying but she sometimes even more noisy than me." Then, he ran his fingers through his fluffy hair. "She also has a younger-brother and she pretty much treats me the same way she treats him."

"Oooh, I like how this is going." Chie tapped her chin with a finger. "The son of a huge store's manager and the daughter of a local liquor shop owner. This is the sign of forbidden love!"

"Wha-? I-it's not like that!" His cheeks gone red by Chie teasing. Then, he looked away, hiding his embarrassing face.

As for Chie, she covered her mouth while trying her best not to laugh out loud. The same expression was also on Souji's face. "You're so easy," Now Chie couldn't hold it back anymore, she burst out laughing as hard as she could. "Anyhow, to make you feel better, I'll tell you something," She cleared her throat. "Did you know about the Midnight Channel?"

Yosuke stared at Chie for a long while before said. "You believe in that kind of stuff, too?"

"They said that if you stare into a turned-off TV in a rainy night alone, exactly on midnight. You will see..." She paused, as if trying to make the atmosphere seems more mystery.

"See... what?" Souji motioned his hand, trying to make Chie to continue on her story. "You will see what?"

"Ok, ready...?" She cleared her throat again. "...Your soulmate..." Her voice sounded dreadful, scary and funny at the same time.

No one said nothing...

"What do you guy think?" Chie's eyes went from Souji to Yosuke in expectation, hoping for some compliments.

"...yeah... First thing I have to say is you maybe the worst ghost story teller I have ever seen." Souji had his eyes widened and nodded in disbelief.

"I agree with him." Yosuke laughed. "And why do you even believe in that? Too fake."

"H-hey! Okay, if you guys don't believe me so why don't we all try it out tonight? The weather forecast said that it gonna be raining." She stood up, expressed the feeling of angry. "Let's see who's wrong?"

"What? We all try it out? You didn't try it yourself yet?" Yosuke face-palmed. "Then why did you even tell us that?"

"Tch, but- ugh... Just remember to try it tonight, then you'll see."

They all later part-way and everyone went back to their own home. Souji arrived at his and saw Nanako was setting up the table with some food. "Oh, you're home." She sighed, somehow seemed disappointed, she was expecting to see her dad instead of her new cousin. Souji joined Nanako at the table and began to eat dinner with her.

The heavy silence was broken by the voice of the actors on the TV. They were showing some kind of movie on it. Took not much notice but Souji was able to tell that the movie was about some guy who saved the world by sealing a monster with his own soul.

"He' late again..." Nanako sighed heavily.

"...Did he call?" Souji asked.

"No, and I guess he won't either..." She gazed at the food.

*Door slid * Dojima tiredly took off his shoes and walked inside the room. "Ah, dad, welcome home!" A smile appeared on her face.

Dojima approached his couch and sat on it. His eyes went from Souji to Nanako. "What a day... anything happened while I was out?"

"No, but you're late!" said Nanako.

"Uh... I'm sorry. Can you put on the news for me?"

Nanako wanted to say more but she couldn't just ignore what her father just told her to do. She let out a soft sigh and pick up the remote control, did what she was told to do-changing the channel.

The news was on and it was talking about the murder that just occurred the other day. How is it going so far? Nowhere to be short. The police still trying their best on finding the psycho murderer, who got the guts to hang a dead body above a local resident's house. The news also added more information about the victim's background, Mayumi Yamano. Before she died, she was having some problems because she involved in an affair with Taro Namatame, whose wife was a singer Misuzu Hiiragi. Then, they switched into an interview. An interview with a high school student.

High school student? Did they mean the person who found the body? Souji thought.

"A high school? Where did they found her for an interview anyway?" Dojima sighed and looked at the TV interviewer in disgust.

A girl wearing Yasogami school's uniform appeared in the TV. Her face was faded for the sake of her identity. Looking closer, Souji swore that he had seen this girl before, but the image didn't help his memory much.

The interviewer approached the girl and asked her questions like: When did you find her? What did you think when you saw her? And also as stupid like could you tell she was dead or did you see her face. He asked and kept on asking, not even wanted to wait for an answer. The girl replied back at him in caution and defence. All she said was: I don't know. Her voice was also distorted.

After paid more attention, Souji finally pinned-point that the girl was actually Saki Konishi, Yosuke's Senpai or lover wannabe.

She found the body? Souji took a mouthful of water to wash away what were remained inside his mouth. He thought deeply until…

"At Junes, everyday is Customers Appreciation day. Come see for yourself and get in touch with our products. Every day's great at your Junes!"

"Every day's at your Junes!" Nanako repeated the words in her own rhythm while swaying hand back and forth in the air. "Hey, dad, can we go to Junes together sometimes?"

*Snored* Nanako looked at her father, who was supposed to be asleep on the couch, mumbling something through his lips.

Nanako sighed and began to pick up her chopsticks…

Author's note: Phew! One more chapter! I hate this part of the game, You don't have Persona, funny moments are… not much, so I wish I could try to rush this part and get into the main point right away. Next chapter is awakening!

Note: I'm a Vietnamese and I just arrived at United States about 4 months ago. My English still sucks so please be nice to me. I am trying my best ^_^